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annualised

adjective/ˈænjʊəlaɪzd/

C1CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Expressed or calculated as a total over a full year, especially of working hours or pay.

Under the annualised hours scheme, staff worked longer in peak months and less in quiet ones.

Similar: yearly

Topic: Employment law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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