yield

verb

• 1 [with object] produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product):the land yields grapes and tobacco
• (of an action or process) produce or deliver (a result or gain):this method yields the same results
• (of a financial or commercial process or transaction) generate (a specified financial return):such investments yield direct cash returns

• 2 [no object] give way to arguments, demands, or pressure:the Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted he yielded to the demands of his partners
• [with object] relinquish possession of (something); give (something) up:they might yield up their secrets they are forced to yield ground
• [with object] 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
• chiefly North American give right of way to other traffic.
• (of a mass or structure) give way under force or pressure:he reeled into the house as the door yielded

noun

• the full amount of an agricultural or industrial product:the milk yield was poor
• Finance 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
• Chemistry 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