Yield

Word YIELD
Character 5
Hyphenation yield
Pronunciations /jiːld/

Definitions and meanings of "Yield"

What do we mean by yield?

To give forth by a natural process, especially by cultivation. intransitive verb

To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of. intransitive verb

To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender. intransitive verb

To give up (an advantage, for example) to another; concede. intransitive verb

To give forth a natural product; be productive. intransitive verb

To produce a return for effort or investment. intransitive verb

To give up, as in defeat; surrender or submit. intransitive verb

To give way to pressure or force. intransitive verb

To give way to argument, persuasion, influence, or entreaty. intransitive verb

To give up one's place, as to one that is superior. intransitive verb

An amount yielded or produced; a product. noun

A profit obtained from an investment; a return. noun

The energy released by an explosion, especially by a nuclear explosion, expressed in units of weight (usually kilotons) of TNT required to produce an equivalent release. noun

To give in payment; pay; repay; reward; requite; recompense.

To give in return, or by way of recompense; produce, as a reward or return for labor performed, capital invested, or some similar output.

To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.

To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.

To give way; to allow another to pass first.

To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.

To give, or give forth, (anything).

To give way; to succumb to a force.

To produce as return, as from an investment.

To produce as a result.

To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.

(of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.

To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Yield

The word "yield" in example sentences

I. iii.134 (414,5) why do I yield] To _yield_ is, simply, to _give way to_. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

The supposed difference in yield is 3.5 basis points. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you've been watching or reading much economic news, invariably you would've heard of the term yield curve. ❋ Bargaineering.com (2010)

Lowering the short end of what we call the yield curve allows banks to borrow at a cheaper rate and that will help with their level of profitability. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We do additional as we develop that section, but you have to have what we call yield towers. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It also carries what it calls a "yield pledge" that promises to keep the interest rate on checking accounts in the top 5% of competitive rates.

As a result of the benefit of this system, we continue to have good performance in what we call yield management, which is the percentage of patients who have a first leg treatment that go on to a second leg treatment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In this case the 0.9% of additional yield is considered alpha. ❋ Alexandra Zendrian (2010)

Before long, people remember that you get a higher energy yield from the oil using it directly instead of passing it through a couple of transformations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The yield is so great that their only request was for a machine to pack and sell the rice. ❋ Josette Sheeran (2010)

True, Telenor's yield is currently around half that of European telecom peers. ❋ Hester Plumridge (2010)

And how much property tax the site will yield is also an open question. ❋ Pui-Wing Tam (2010)

The 10-year yield is likely to trade in a range of 0.82% to 0.97%, where it has been since the BOJ announced its omprehensive easing, until the end of this year, said Akito Fukunaga, chief strategist at RBS Securities. ❋ Megumi Fujikawa (2010)

Some have piled into shares with respectable dividends, figuring a 4% or so dividend yield is about as much as they can expect. ❋ Gregory Zuckerman (2010)

The new bond ETFs should indeed allow investors to fix a certain yield at the time they buy — that is, to gauge the total amount of money they will receive in the target year, counting regular distributions that are paid each month and the final distribution when the fund liquidates. ❋ Ian Salisbury (2010)

Some schools fix this by accepting larger numbers of students through binding early-decision programs, whose yield is effectively 100 percent. ❋ Daniel De Vise (2010)

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