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Definition of Yield

1. Noun. Production of a certain amount.

2. Verb. Be the cause or source of. "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

3. Noun. The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property. "The average return was about 5%"

4. Verb. End resistance, as under pressure or force. "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

5. Noun. An amount of a product.

6. Verb. Give or supply. "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

7. Noun. The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time). "Production was up in the second quarter"

8. Verb. Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.

9. Verb. Give in, as to influence or pressure. "Sam and Sue yield"

10. Verb. Move in order to make room for someone for something. "These cars won't yield "; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"

11. Verb. Cause to happen or be responsible for. "His two singles gave the team the victory"

12. Verb. Be willing to concede. "I grant you this much"

13. Verb. Be fatally overwhelmed.

14. Verb. Bring in. "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

15. Verb. Be flexible under stress of physical force. "This material doesn't give"

16. Verb. Cease opposition; stop fighting.

17. Verb. Consent reluctantly.

Definition of Yield

1. v. t. To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.

2. v. i. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.

3. n. Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.

4. v. t. To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.

5. v. i. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.

6. n. Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.

Definition of Yield

1. Verb. (archaic obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite. ¹

2. Verb. To give way; to allow another to pass first. ¹

3. Verb. To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To give way; to succumb to a force. ¹

5. Verb. To produce as return, as from an investment. ¹

6. Verb. (legal) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond. ¹

7. Verb. (mathematics) To produce as a result. ¹

8. Noun. (obsolete) Payment; tribute. ¹

9. Noun. A product; the quantity of something produced ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Yield

1. to give up [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Yield

1. Standing crop expressed as a rate, i.e., grams dry weight per metre square per day. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Yield

yglaunst ygo ygoe ygone yground yhad yholde yibbles yicker yickered

yickering yickers yid yidaki yids yield (current term) yield curve yield strength yield stress yield stresses

yield the ghost yield to maturity yield up yield up the ghost yieldable yieldance yielded yielded up yielder yielders

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