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  • adjective yielding a large amount of agricultural or industrial production

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Examples

  • Even if the market remains at current cheap levels, its 9% income justifies the label of high-yield.

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  • The rich yields on these below-investment-grade bonds—often politely referred to as high-yield bonds—have attracted a flood of new investor dollars into mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that specialize in this part of the fixed-income market.

    'Junk' Debt May Not Deserve Its Name Suzanne McGee 2011

  • Portfolio managers say some of the biggest sellers were so-called high-yield muni-bond funds, which specialize in risky municipal debt and have large tobacco-bond holdings.

    For Munis, Calm After Storm Michael Corkery 2011

  • All of the bonds were already classified as high-yield debt, or "junk" bonds.

    Catastrophe Bonds Face Possible Downgrade Erik Holm 2011

  • Riskier high-yield bonds recovered a bit during the day, reflecting the stock move, but still finished down.

    Buyers Creep In Amid Broad Market Tumult E.S. Browning 2011

  • The popularity of mortgage-backed derivatives, especially collateralized debt obligations, in the years leading up to the crisis created a huge demand for subprime, high-yield bonds -- which in turn encouraged some lenders to engage in ever riskier practices.

    Foreclosure Crisis Intensified Among Blacks: Study The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • At the moment, the U.S. high-yield market is white-hot for anything of size.

    Jones Day Veteran Shifts Focus to Europe Mike Spector 2011

  • The popularity of mortgage-backed derivatives, especially collateralized debt obligations, in the years leading up to the crisis created a huge demand for subprime, high-yield bonds -- which in turn encouraged some lenders to engage in ever riskier practices.

    Foreclosure Crisis Intensified Among Blacks: Study The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • The strong interest is despite the issue's unofficial rating as a high-yield or junk bond.

    Tata Power Bond Sees Demand, Despite Junk Status Anup Roy 2011

  • It's first priority is introducing new high-yield seeds because that was the key to the success of the first Green Revolution which pulled south Asia back from the brink of mass starvation.

    Princess Haya Al Hussein: Putting Food First Princess Haya Al Hussein 2010

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