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   Yield

   /yēld/

   

   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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