Definition of Yield

1. Noun. Production of a certain amount.

Exact synonyms: Output
Generic synonyms: Production
Specialized synonyms: Crop, Harvest
Derivative terms: Output

2. Verb. Be the cause or source of. "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
Exact synonyms: Afford, Give
Specialized synonyms: Open, Open Up, Allow, Allow For, Leave, Provide
Related verbs: Give
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply

3. Noun. The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property. "The average return was about 5%"
Exact synonyms: Issue, Payoff, Proceeds, Return, Take, Takings
Generic synonyms: Income
Specialized synonyms: Economic Rent, Rent, Payback
Derivative terms: Return, Take

4. Verb. End resistance, as under pressure or force. "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
Exact synonyms: Give Way
Generic synonyms: Change

5. Noun. An amount of a product.
Exact synonyms: Fruit
Generic synonyms: Product, Production

6. Verb. Give or supply. "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
Exact synonyms: Generate, Give, Render, Return
Generic synonyms: Create, Make, Produce
Related verbs: Give, Establish, Give
Derivative terms: Generation, Return

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"
Exact synonyms: Output, Production
Generic synonyms: Indefinite Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Pick, Picking

8. Verb. Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.
Exact synonyms: Cede, Concede, Grant
Generic synonyms: Give
Derivative terms: Cession, Conceding, Concession

9. Verb. Give in, as to influence or pressure. "Sam and Sue yield"
Exact synonyms: Relent, Soften
Specialized synonyms: Truckle
Antonyms: Stand

10. Verb. Move in order to make room for someone for something. "These cars won't yield "; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
Exact synonyms: Ease Up, Give, Give Way, Move Over
Related verbs: Abandon, Give Up
Generic synonyms: Move

11. Verb. Cause to happen or be responsible for. "His two singles gave the team the victory"
Exact synonyms: Give
Generic synonyms: Create, Make
Related verbs: Generate, Give, Render, Return

12. Verb. Be willing to concede. "I grant you this much"
Exact synonyms: Concede, Grant
Generic synonyms: Agree, Concord, Concur, Hold
Specialized synonyms: Forgive
Derivative terms: Conceding, Concession, Concessive, Yielding

13. Verb. Be fatally overwhelmed.

14. Verb. Bring in. "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
Exact synonyms: Bear, Pay
Category relationships: Investment, Investment Funds
Generic synonyms: Bring In, Clear, Earn, Gain, Make, Pull In, Realise, Realize, Take In
Specialized synonyms: Clear, Net, Pay Off
Derivative terms: Pay

15. Verb. Be flexible under stress of physical force. "This material doesn't give"
Exact synonyms: Give
Generic synonyms: Stretch
Derivative terms: Give
Also: Give In

16. Verb. Cease opposition; stop fighting.
Specialized synonyms: Give Up, Surrender, Fall
Derivative terms: Yielder

17. Verb. Consent reluctantly.
Exact synonyms: Buckle Under, Give In, Knuckle Under, Succumb
Generic synonyms: Accept, Consent, Go For
Specialized synonyms: Accede, Bow, Defer, Give In, Submit
Derivative terms: Yielding

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

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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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