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yield

The value found by dividing the amount of interest paid on a bond by the price, thus measuring the income from a bond (The term also refers to the dividend from stock divided by its price. Yield, however, is not a measure of total return since it does not include capital gains or losses.)

Last edited on March 26, 2009

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