yield management

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noun

the process of frequently adjusting the price of a product in response to various market factors, as demand or competition.

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Origin of yield management

First recorded in 1980–85

Words nearby yield management

Yiddishkeit, yield, yieldability, yieldable, yielding, yield management, yield point, yield strength, yield stress, yield to maturity, YIG

How to use yield management in a sentence

First, his credentials: He did international mergers and acquisitions at Lazard, a financial and asset management firm.
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That apparently includes some members of the management of the airport itself and some air traffic controllers.
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Ironically, the play deals with the ‘management’ of information by the Establishment.
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If Christie was not a presidential aspirant with an anger-management problem, the episode might not even make the list.
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The flight management computers include the navigation data programmed for every flight.
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With the management of these, however, the Earl of Pit Town did not trouble himself.
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Then the enemy's howitzers and field guns had it all their own way, forcing attack to yield a lot of ground.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Tobacco requires a great deal of skill and trouble in the right management of it.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
You fancied, perhaps, I would stand haggling with you all night, and yield at last to your obstinacy.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one little measure, and thirty bushels of seed shall yield three bushels.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various