yield

 
Pronunciation: /jiːld/

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

Derivatives

yielder

noun

Origin:

Old English g(i)eldan 'pay, repay', of Germanic origin. The senses 'produce, bear' and 'surrender' arose in Middle English

Spelling rule

i before e except after c (as in receive).

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