yield Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun production of a certain amount
    output.
  2. noun the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
    return; takings; take; issue; proceeds; payoff.
    • the average return was about 5%
  3. noun an amount of a product
    fruit.
  4. noun the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
    output; production.
    • production was up in the second quarter
  5. verb be the cause or source of
    afford; give.
    • He gave me a lot of trouble
    • Our meeting afforded much interesting information
  6. verb end resistance, as under pressure or force
    give way.
    • The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram
  7. verb give or supply
    generate; return; render; give.
    • The cow brings in 5 liters of milk
    • This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn
    • The estate renders some revenue for the family
  8. verb give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
    cede; concede; grant.
  9. verb give in, as to influence or pressure
    relent; soften.
  10. verb move in order to make room for someone for something
    ease up; give way; move over; give.
    • The park gave way to a supermarket
    • `Move over,' he told the crowd
  11. verb cause to happen or be responsible for
    give.
    • His two singles gave the team the victory
  12. verb be willing to concede
    concede; grant.
    • I grant you this much
  13. verb be fatally overwhelmed
    succumb.
  14. verb bring in
    pay; bear.
    • interest-bearing accounts
    • How much does this savings certificate pay annually?
  15. verb be flexible under stress of physical force
    give.
    • This material doesn't give
  16. verb cease opposition; stop fighting
  17. verb consent reluctantly
    give in; knuckle under; succumb; buckle under.

WordNet

Yield transitive verb
Etymology
OE. yelden, ýelden, ýilden, AS. gieldan, gildan, to pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be worth, gälda to pay, Goth. gildan in fragildan, usgildan. Cf. 1st Geld, Guild.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Yielded; obsolete past participle Yold ; present participle & verbal noun Yielding
Definitions
  1. 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.
    To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent. Chaucer.
    When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength. Gen. iv. 12.
  2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. "Vines yield nectar." Milton.
    [He] makes milch kine yield blood. Shak.
    The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. Job xxiv. 5.
  3. To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.
    And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown. Shak.
    Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame. Milton.
  4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
    I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. Milton.
  5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
  6. To give a reward to; to bless. Obs. Chaucer.
    Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, And the gods yield you for 't. Shak.
    God yield thee, and God thank ye. Beau. & Fl.
Yield intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
    He saw the fainting Grecians yield. Dryden.
  2. To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
  3. To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.
    Will ye relent, And yield to mercy while 't is offered you? Shak.
  4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
    Nay tell me first, in what more happy fields The thistle springs, to which the lily yields? Pope.
Yield noun
Definitions
  1. Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. "A goodly yield of fruit doth bring." Bacon.

Webster 1913