high-yield
- adjective
- /haɪ jiːld/
- SBI particularly lauds algae for its high yield per acre and low environmental impact.
- high-yield plantations
- high-yield forests
- produce high yields
Have less money in high yield savings accounts, more money in stocks.
- Have less money in high yield savings accounts, more money in stocks.
- So I'm not saying everybody should be on it, but it is a low cost, high yield supplement that is very safe.
- And at first I looked at those companies from a bond perspective, junk bonds, high yield bonds and then equities stocks.
- And then I'm not sure what's happening right now, but certainly previously you had the, the Fed buying high yield bonds, like all this stuff that was off the playbook.
Examples
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In addition to this success in preventing a famine, the switch to more intensive high-yield farming also helped save India.
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Green Revolution food production programs, for instance, used Western science and technology to develop high-yield crop varieties for increased production in poor countries.
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What are the kinds of life events for which you would use a high yield savings account?
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The first few crops normally have high yields because of the quality of the land and water.
Academic text (2000) -
Flat expanses of rich glacial soils in North America and Eurasia today support highly mechanized, high-yield grain production.
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Farmers are adopting high-yield methods to maximize their crop production each season.
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Using high-yield crops allows farmers to produce more food without increasing their land area.
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The research team developed a new strain of high-yield corn that grows faster than traditional varieties.
Synonyms
Producing a large amount of crops or animals per area
Antonyms
How Productive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
High-yield comes from the two words high ('large' or 'great') and yield ('to produce' or 'the amount produced'). So, imagine a tall, fruitful plant or a project that gives a big return — high-yield means something that 'produces a large amount' compared with others.