yield

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of YIELD

an increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property <the stock's yield has increased over the years>

Synonyms earnings, gain(s), incoming(s), proceeds, profit, return, revenue, yield

Near Antonyms charge, cost, disbursement, expenditures, expenses, outgo, outlay

something produced by physical or intellectual effort <wheat farmers were able to increase the yield per acre substantially>

Synonyms affair, fruit, handiwork, labor, output, produce, production, thing, work, yield

the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time <the yield from the police department's buyback program for firearms was staggering>

Synonyms bounty, catch, take, yield

Related Words bag; earnings, gain, gross, income, net, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, revenue, winnings; booty, loot, plunder, spoils, swag; appropriation, collection

Near Antonyms deduction, loss, subtraction

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