Legal Definition and Related Resources of Yield

To give way; to give up the contest; to submit; surrender; succumb; to cease opposition. State v. Horton, 258 P.2d371, 57 N.M. 257. In the law of real property, the term means to render a service due by a tenant to his lord. The word is still used in a corresponding sense in leases of real property as in the phrase yielding and paying a certain amount of rent to the lessor. The term is also synonymous for product, income, receipts, returns, proceeds. See Furst and Thomas v. Elliott, 56 P.2d 1064, 56 Idaho 491.

In the law of real property, to perform a service due by a tenant to his lord. Hence the usual form of reservation of a rent in a lease begins with the words yielding and paying.

The percentage rate of return paid on a stock in the form of dividends, or the effective rate of interest paid on a bond or note.

Also known as return. The dividends or interest paid by a company expressed as a percentage of the current price. A stock with a current market value of $40 a share paying dividends at the rate of $3.20 is said to return 8% ($3.20 x $40.00). The current yield on a bond is figured the same way.Yield to maturity – The yield of a bond to maturity takes into account the price discount from or premium over the face amount. It is greater than the current yield when the bond is selling at a discount and less than the current yield when the bond is selling at a premium.

(Produce a return), verb

• accord
• accrue
• afford
• bear
• bestow
• bring
• bring about
• bring forth
• bring in
• fetch
• furnish
• generate
• give
• provide
• render
• return
• supply

(Submit), verb

• abandon
• abdicate
• accede
• accept
• acquiesce
• admit
• agree to
• allow
• assent
• back down
• be submissive
• bend
• bow
• capitulate
• cede
• comply
• concede
• conce’dere
• consent
• dedere
• forgo
• give in
• give up
• give way
• grant
• leave
• let go
• make way
• obey
• pay homage to
• permit
• quit
• relent
• relinquish
• renounce
• resign
• sacrifice
• succumb
• suffer defeat
• surrender
• waive

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This definition of Yield is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This entry needs to be proofread.

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Yield Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)

The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Yield in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: Return on an INVESTMENT an investor receives from DIVIDENDS or INTEREST expressed as a percentage of the cost of the SECURITY.

Concept of Yield in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Yield: Ratio of income from an investment to the total cost of the investment over a given period of time.

Concept of Yield in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Yield: Ratio of income from an investment to the total cost of the investment over a given period of time.