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Yahoo! Answers

Free question asking and answering service which allows Yahoo! to leverage social structures to create a bottoms up network of free content.

Yahoo! Directory

One of the original, most popular, and most authoritative web directories, started by David Filo and Jerry Yang in 1994.

The Yahoo! Directory is one of a few places where most any legitimate site can pick up a trusted link. While the cost of $299 per year may seem expensive to some small businesses, a Yahoo! Directory link will likely help boost your rankings in major search engines.

Yield

The effective return on an investment, as paid in dividends or interest.

Yield maintenance premium

A penalty, paid by the borrower, designed to make investors whole in the event of early redemption of principal.

Yield spread

The difference in yield between a debt instrument or other investment and a benchmark value, typically U.S. Treasuries of the same maturity.