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  • noun Plural form of yield. Either a measure of output or an act of permitting another to get past.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yield.

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Examples

  • A Google search for the term yields 70,700,000 hits in 0.28 seconds.

    James D. Zirin: Cyber War or Cyber Jaw 2010

  • Googling the term yields more than 75 million results, and the search engine giant itself offers its own ubiquitous analytics product, indicating just how lucrative the field has become.

    iMedia Connection: All Feeds 2008

  • The 52 week low price recently hit by ITW presents the perfect time to go long, although ITW is not a perfect buy for those seeking short term yields.

    unknown title 2011

  • Further declines would affect the amount of cash American Capital generates as short term yields are unlikely to go anywhere over the next year.

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  • My quick tally of the hearing lists for cases argued so far this term yields a figure of around 76%.

    Bench Memos on National Review Online Ed Whelan 2010

  • In particular, he says, with the housing market still struggling, the Fed would likely be reluctant to take any actions that push up the long-term yields on which mortgage rates are based.

    Investors Move Onward and Upward Tom Lauricella 2011

  • Falling short-term yields will make a welcome dent in overall funding costs.

    Euro Zone's Three-Year Bond Itch Richard Barley 2012

  • For these tiny accounts, about the only way to keep fees low enough as a fraction of account value to match treasury bond yields is with a plan like the thrift plan.

    More on Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Akito Fukunaga , chief rates strategist at RBS Securities Japan, said he thinks short-term yields will fall faster than long-term yields, although both will decline.

    Japanese yields fall at short end of curve Andrew Monahan 2011

  • Although concern over issuance could push long-term yields up, he said, the dominant theme for now may be expectations for continued central bank support.

    Japanese yields fall at short end of curve Andrew Monahan 2011

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