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Synonyms: Verb
bow, cave (in), give in, submit, succumb, surrender
Synonyms: Noun
earnings, gain(s), income, incoming(s), proceeds, profit, return, revenue
Antonyms: Verb
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The apple trees yielded an abundant harvest. This soil should yield good crops. The seeds yield a rich oil. New methods have yielded promising results in the field. The studies yielded clear evidence. The tax is expected to yield millions. The bond yields seven percent annually. After several hours of debate, the opposition yielded. I yield the floor to the Senator from Maine. I yield to the Senator.Noun
Our yield of wheat increased this year. The average yield per tree is about one bushel. The yield on government bonds is currently seven percent.
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On further inspection, the fossils from the South Dakota site yielded something unexpected: shark teeth. — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, "A New Shark Species Was Found in the Mud of Sue the T. Rex," 21 Jan. 2019 This yields a measure of the digitalization of every job, industry and city surveyed. — Christopher Mims, WSJ, "Where You Should Move to Make the Most Money: America’s Superstar Cities," 15 Dec. 2018 Digging for resources can now yield rare, collectible artifacts, and even alien skeletons. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, "No Man’s Sky’s new update makes its sci-fi worlds even more alien," 21 Nov. 2018 But the painstaking process still yields results: The remains of one victim, 26-year-old Scott Michael Johnson, were identified in July for the first time. — Jennifer Peltz, The Seattle Times, "Identifying wildfire dead: DNA, and likely older methods too," 14 Nov. 2018 But under carbon policy, the same $1 yields $2.48, $3.30, and $2.52 respectively. — David Roberts, Vox, "A massive new study confirms a national energy grid would pay for itself.," 3 Aug. 2018 Instead, each player yields a degree of his own freedom in service to a greater good, which in this case, is the song at hand. — Randy Lewis, latimes.com, "The American ideal in music for July 4? Think Preservation Hall in New Orleans," 4 July 2018 Walking above the Hudson Yards where the trains come and go also yields a great view of the Hudson River to the west. — Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News, "Surprises await when you explore the green spaces of New York City," 30 June 2018 Ultimately the book yields up a warts-and-all picture not just of Hersh but of an entire era of journalism. — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, "10 best books of June: the Monitor's picks," 14 June 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The 10-year yield has retreated from multiyear highs reached in November amid signs of caution from the Federal Reserve and mounting concerns that the long-running expansion could slow. — Daniel Kruger, WSJ, "U.S. Government Bonds Rise on Weak Retail Sales," 14 Feb. 2019 And for three talented virtual farmers out there, 2020 will finally recognize their efforts in getting the crop yields just right. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "There's Real Money in Virtual Farming," 23 Jan. 2019 There are any number of reasons to see bonds as an attractive investment right now — including 10-year yields that are a hefty 1 percentage point above the inflation rate and a global economy that appears to be downshifting. — Robert Burgess, latimes.com, "Fundamentals can't explain the beating that bonds are taking. It's all about momentum," 18 May 2018 Under current policy, $1 of investment in scenarios 2a, 2b, or 3 yields $1.26, $1.13, and $1.14 of benefits, respectively, relative to the benefits of an AC-only system. — David Roberts, Vox, "A massive new study confirms a national energy grid would pay for itself.," 3 Aug. 2018 The dollar’s attractiveness can also decline if the European Central Bank and other central banks begin raising interest rates after a long period of easing, narrowing the gap between yields in the U.S. and other countries. — Ira Iosebashvili, WSJ, "U.S. Dollar Posted 4.3% Gain in 2018, but Don’t Expect That in 2019," 1 Jan. 2019 The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.91 percent from 2.88 percent. — Marley Jay, The Seattle Times, "Wall Street ends higher with help from tech and health care," 12 Dec. 2018 In July, Japanese blog Macotakara reported that supplier Japan Display had low yields in manufacturing the LCD panels. — Shannon Liao, The Verge, "Why the iPhone XR isn’t coming out until October," 14 Sep. 2018 The yield on Turkish decade-long bonds has risen to over 20 percent and inflation is now running at over 15 percent compared to 11 percent one year ago, according to TradingEconomics. — Hollie Mckay, Fox News, "Trump tariffs in retaliation for jailed American pastor send Turkey's economy plunging," 13 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'yield.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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What It Is
Yield refers to the cash return to the owner of a security or investment.
How It Works
In general, yield is calculated as follows:
Periodic Cash Distributions / Total Cost of Investment = Yield
The term yield may refer to slightly different aspects of a return for variable types of investments. For example, a yield on bonds, such as the coupon yield is the annual interest paid on the principal amount of the bond. Current yield is the coupon yield on a bond at a specific point in the time before the bond maturity. A yield to maturity of a bond is the internal rate of return on a bond's cash flow, including the cost of the bonds, period payments from the bonds, if any, and the return of the principal at redemption.
[Use our Yield to Call (YTC) Calculator to measure your annual return if you hold a particular bond until its first call date.]
[Use our Yield to Maturity (YTM) Calculator to measure your annual return if you plan to hold a particular bond until maturity.]
In equities, yields on preferred shares are similar to bond yields. For example, the dividend yield is the total payments in a year from the preferred shares divided by the principal value of the preferred shares. The current yield refers to the annual payments divided by the current market price.
Why It Matters
While yields of various investments do not explain the reasons for the gains and losses, they may mask declines in the underlying value of the assets or the effects of inflation. Using the yield is a convenient way of comparing the returns on various financial investments.
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