Devolve and Yield

verb

• Pass on or delegate to another.
  • usage: "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
• Be inherited by.
  • usage: "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
  • synonyms: fall, return, pass
• Grow worse.
  • usage: "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
  • synonyms: deteriorate, drop, degenerate

• (v.t.) To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; -- generally with upon, sometimes with to or into.
• (v.t.) To roll onward or downward; to pass on.
• (v.i.) To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank.

To pass on or delegate to another, e. G. A' DEVOLVE'd letter of credit.

noun

• Production of a certain amount.
  • synonyms: output
• The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.
  • usage: "the average return was about 5"
  • synonyms: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, payoff
• An amount of a product.
  • synonyms: fruit
• The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time. )
  • usage: "production was up in the second quarter"
  • synonyms: output, production

verb

• Be the cause or source of.
  • usage: "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
  • synonyms: give, afford
• End resistance, as under pressure or force.
  • usage: "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
  • synonyms: give way
• Give or supply.
  • usage: "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1, 000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
  • synonyms: render, return, give, generate
• Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.
  • synonyms: concede, cede, grant
• Give in, as to influence or pressure.
  • synonyms: relent, soften
• Move in order to make room for someone for something.
  • usage: "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
  • synonyms: move over, give way, give, ease up
• Cause to happen or be responsible for.
  • usage: "His two singles gave the team the victory"
  • synonyms: give
• Be willing to concede.
  • usage: "I grant you this much"
  • synonyms: concede, grant
• Be fatally overwhelmed.
  • synonyms: succumb
• Bring in.
  • usage: "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually"
  • synonyms: pay, bear
• Be flexible under stress of physical force.
  • usage: "This material doesn't give"
  • synonyms: give
• Cease opposition; stop fighting.
• Consent reluctantly.
  • synonyms: give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under

• (v.i.) To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
• (n.) Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
• (v.i.) To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion or to customs; the door yielded.
• (v.t.) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
• (v.t.) To give a reward to; to bless.
• (v.i.) To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
• (v.t.) To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
• (v.t.) To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
• (v.i.) To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
• (v.t.) To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.
• (v.t.) To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.

Yield is the rate of return on an investment, paid in dividends or interest and expressed as a percent. In the case of stocks, the yield on your investment is the dividend you receive per share divided by the stock's price per share. With bonds, it is the interest divided by the price. In the case of bonds, the yield on your investment and the interest rate your investment pays are sometimes-but by no means always-the same. If the price of a bond moves higher or lower than par, the yield will be different from the interest rate. For example, if you pay $950 for a bond with a par value of $1, 000 that pays 6% interest, your yield is 6. 3%. But if you paid $1, 100 for the same bond, your yield would be only 5. 5%. Yield can usually be calculated by dividing the amount you receive annually in dividends or interest by the amount you spent to buy the investment.