high yield

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Dictionary meaning

producing a large return, output, or benefit relative to the resources invested; in finance, high-yield bonds are those paying elevated interest rates because of higher credit risk; more broadly, a high-yield activity, investment, or practice is one that delivers outsized returns — whether financial, educational, or personal — relative to the effort, time, or capital committed; the phrase is used both as a descriptor of genuinely productive activities and as a persuasive label that investment marketers attach to risky products to make them sound more attractive than a lower-risk alternative