yield

verb

• 1 [with object] produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product):the land yields grapes and tobacco
• produce or generate (a result, gain, or financial return):this method yields the same results 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:they might yield up their secrets they are forced to yield ground
• [with object] concede (a point of dispute):I yielded the point
• chiefly North American give right of way to other traffic.

• 3 [no object] (of a mass or structure) give way under force or pressure:he reeled into the house as the door yielded

noun

• an amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product:the milk yield was poor
• a financial return:an annual dividend yield of 20 per cent