HOW TO PRONOUNCE
annum
/ˈænəm/
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What does annum mean?
noun
- A one-year period, particularly (finance) a fiscal year or (sciences) a Julian year of exactly 365.25 days.
- A "year" determined by the revolution of an extraterrestrial planet.
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IPA pronunciation
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The plan was readily agreed to, and a nine-acre tract on Lansdowne Avenue was rented at $15 per acre per annum.
This unlucky page, engaged in an evil hour at six pounds ten per annum, was a source of continual trouble to me.
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A letter-carrier receives from four hundred to six hundred francs per annum, of which the administration retains about a tenth for the retiring pension.
“Oh, but I ‘m a practical man! What is the smallest sum per annum, on which one can keep alive the sacred fire in Rome?”
Upon the contrary the evaporation is excessive and according to the estimate of Major Powell amounts fully to one hundred inches of water per annum.