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   Yield

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   verb

   • 1. produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product): "the land yields grapes and tobacco" Similar producebeargivesupplyprovideaffordreturnbring inpull inhaul ingather infetchearnnetrealizegeneratefurnishbestowpay outcontributeinformal:rake in
   • ▪ (of an action or process) produce or deliver (a result or gain): "this method yields the same results" Similar producebeargivesupplyprovideaffordreturnbring inpull inhaul ingather infetchearnnetrealizegeneratefurnishbestowpay outcontributeinformal:rake in
   • ▪ (of a financial or commercial process or transaction) generate (a specified financial return): "such investments yield direct cash returns"
   • 2. give way to arguments, demands, or pressure: "the Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted" Similar surrendercapitulatesubmitrelentadmit defeataccept defeatconcede defeatback downclimb downquitgive ingive up the strugglelay down one's armsraise/show the white flagknuckle underbe overcomebe overwhelmedbe conqueredbe beatenfall victiminformal:throw in the towelthrow in the spongecave inaccede tosubmit tobow down todefer tocomply withconform toagree toconsent togo along withbe guided byheednotepay attention tograntpermitallowsanctionwarrantOpposite resistdefy
   • ▪ relinquish possession of (something); give (something) up: "they might yield up their secrets" Similar relinquishsurrenderpart withdeliver uphand overturn overgive overmake overbequeathremitcedeleavesacrificeOpposite retain
   • ▪ cease to argue about: "I yielded the point"
   • ▪ (especially in a legislature) allow another the right to speak in a debate: "I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky"
   • ▪ give right of way to other traffic. North American
   • 3. (of a mass or structure) give way under force or pressure: "he reeled into the house as the door yielded" Similar bendgiveflexbe flexiblebe pliant

   noun

   • 1. the full amount of an agricultural or industrial product: "the milk yield was poor"
   • ▪ the amount of money brought in, e.g., interest from an investment or revenue from a tax; return: "an annual dividend yield of 20 percent"
   • ▪ the amount obtained from a process or reaction relative to the theoretical maximum amount obtainable.
   • ▪ (of a nuclear weapon) the force in tons or kilotons of TNT required to produce an equivalent explosion: "yields ranging from five kilotons to 100 tons"

   Word Origin Old Englishg(i)eldan ‘pay, repay’, of Germanic origin. The senses ‘produce, bear’ and ‘surrender’ arose in Middle English.

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   • The meaning of YIELD is to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation. How to use yield in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Yield.

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   What does God yield Thee mean?

   • God yield thee! The income from a fixed-income security as a percentage of its market price. For example, if the market price of a bond declines, its yield rises. Yield, submit, surrender mean to give way or give up to someone or something.

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   What is a stock exchange yield?

   • (Stock Exchange) the annual income provided by an investment, usually expressed as a percentage of its cost or of its current value: the yield on these shares is 15 per cent at today's market value. 11.

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   What does it mean to yield to traffic coming from another direction?

   • To yield to traffic coming from another direction is to wait and allow it to go first. Over the past 50 years, crop yields have risen steadily in the US. The bond's yield fell to 6.09%. high/low yield These securities are speculative and may involve greater risks and have higher yields.

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   to give up, as to superior power or authority: They yielded the fort to the enemy. Synonyms: forgo, waive, abdicate, abandon. to give up or surrender (oneself ): He yielded himself to temptation. Antonyms: resist. to give up or over; relinquish or resign: to yield the floor to the senator from Ohio.

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    noun. production of a certain amount. synonyms: output. see more. noun. an amount of a product. synonyms: fruit. see more. noun. the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)