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In the decade following, sales grew an average of 25 percent per annum.
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Next week the Global Wind Energy Council, based in Brussels, is expected to release figures showing that wind installation worldwide almost equalled the booming growth rates seen in recent years, which have been around 28 percent per annum.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2010
The funding will support ACEN’s capacity growth of between 15% and 20% per annum in the next five years, Francia said.
—Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
On March 3, 2025, the company issued $26.0 million of 2L Notes, which will mature on August 24, 2028, and bear interest at a rate of 8.0% per annum.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2025
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Next week the Global Wind Energy Council, based in Brussels, is expected to release figures showing that wind installation worldwide almost equalled the booming growth rates seen in recent years, which have been around 28 percent per annum.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2010
The funding will support ACEN’s capacity growth of between 15% and 20% per annum in the next five years, Francia said.
—Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
On March 3, 2025, the company issued $26.0 million of 2L Notes, which will mature on August 24, 2028, and bear interest at a rate of 8.0% per annum.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Per annum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/per%20annum. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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per annum
adverb
per an·num
(ˌ)pər-ˈan-əm 
: in or for each year : annually
Legal Definition
per annum
adverb
per an·num
pər-ˈa-nəm
: in or for each year
interest of six percent per annum
Etymology
Medieval Latin
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