Meaning & use
net yield
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Meanings
nouncountable or uncountablefinance
The income an investment earns, shown as a percentage of its cost or value, after expenses and charges have been taken off.
Grammar: Often a percentage: a net yield of 4 percent.
Patterns
- net yield on something
- a net yield of number percent
After fees and repairs, the rental property had a net yield of five percent.
Check the net yield of the bond before you compare it with a savings account.
The fund advertises a high return, but its net yield is much lower once costs are deducted.
nouncountable or uncountabletechnical
The amount of a crop or product actually obtained after losses and waste are subtracted from the total produced.
Grammar: Used in farming and industry: the net yield per acre.
Patterns
- net yield per something
Pests lowered the net yield of the wheat harvest.
The factory improved its net yield by reducing waste on the line.
Word forms
| plural | net yields |
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Common combinations
- calculate the net yield
- She calculated the net yield on her flat after tax.
- average net yield
- The average net yield for these bonds is about three percent.
- a net yield of
- The scheme promises a net yield of six percent.
- improve net yield
- Lower maintenance costs helped improve net yield.
- net yield after tax
- Net yield after tax was lower than expected.
Synonyms and how they differ
- net return
- Net return is broader and can be a total amount, while net yield is usually shown as a percentage of value.
- take-home return
- Take-home return is informal and stresses what you keep, whereas net yield is a standard finance term.
Opposites
Word family
- yield noun
- the income or product produced by something
- yield verb
- to produce or give a result
- net adjective
- left after deductions
- high-yield adjective
- producing a large return
Commonly confused: net yield or gross yield?
net yield vs gross yield
Gross yield is the return before costs are removed, so it is always higher than net yield.
Practice
A landlord earns 8 percent before costs but 5 percent after costs and tax. The 5 percent figure is the ___.
Choose one answer.
Net yield is the return left after expenses and tax. Gross yield is the higher figure before costs, so it does not fit.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “net yield”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.