yield

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If yields don't move, his P&L will be zero.

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Quick take

production of a certain amount

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of yield gathered in one view.

noun

production of a certain amount

noun

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

noun

an amount of a product

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for yield.

noun

production of a certain amount

noun

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

See also: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, payoff

noun

an amount of a product

noun

the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"

verb

be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

verb

end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

verb

give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

See also: render, return, give, generate

verb

give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

verb

give in, as to influence or pressure

verb

move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"

verb

cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory"

verb

be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"

verb

be fatally overwhelmed

verb

bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

verb

be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give"

verb

cease opposition; stop fighting

verb

consent reluctantly

Example sentences

If yields don't move, his P&L will be zero.

Lua supports coroutines, so a function can just yield.

Interest rates are expected to rise, but only slightly with the 90-day T-bill yield.

But the only way to really find gold is to seriously invest in a filtering process that will yield actual gold.

In nearly all cases these simple lifestyle changes cure the OSA, yield a huge array of other health benefits and cost nothing.

But we rarely see the many possibilities a choice can yield, let alone the probable weightings of each one. Even granted the great presumption that everyone should be perfectly rational, it still depends on perfect information.

This seems to be like a fundamental problem that all software projects have, and creating a new set of primitives and saying "no seriously, that should do the trick" is at best going to yield a nice little language like Python or Ruby that somebody will post articles about on HN saying why it's so hard for casual use.