yield

Definitions

1. A product.
   countable, uncountable
2. To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render
3. The quantity of something produced.
   countable, uncountable
4. Measurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land.
   countable, uncountable
5. To produce as return from an investment
6. The harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.
   countable, uncountable
7. To produce as a result
8. The amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction.
   countable, uncountable
9. To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law
10. The volume of water escaping from a spring.
    countable, uncountable
11. To give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite
12. The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuclear weapon, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.
    countable, uncountable
13. Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
    countable, uncountable
14. The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
    countable, uncountable
15. yield strength of a material.
    countable, material, uncountable
16. The situation where a thread relinquishes the processor to allow other threads to execute.
    countable, uncountable
17. Payment; money; tribute.
    countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In the case of countries more favoured by climate than Britain their earliest trade⟳ with the foreigner which history has to record⟳ is usually in the surface products of the earth—in corn or wine, in the yields of the olive-grove or the orchard.”

“Zucchini plants always seem to produce⟳ a high yield⟳ of fruit.”

“A yield⟳ curve inversion happens when long-term bond yields fall⟳ below short-term bond yields. That rarely occurs. Before this month, that section of the yield⟳ curve hadn’t inverted since 2007, just before the Great Recession.”

“When bond yields rise⟳ slowly over time, it’s not a problem for pensions deploying LDI strategies, and actually helps their finances.”

“Investors face⟳ a quandary. Cash offers a return⟳ of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have⟳ risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have⟳ suffered two big bear⟳ markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return⟳.”

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