yield
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From Middle English yielden, yelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-Germanic *geldanan (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gheldh- (“to pay”). Cognate with Dutch gelden (“to apply, be count or valued”), German gelten (“to have worth or value, be valid, count”), West Frisian jild (“money”).
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yield (third-person singular simple present yields, present participle yielding, simple past yielded or yold (obsolete), past participle yielded or yolden (obsolete))
- (archaic, obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
- God 'ild [yield] you! ― Shakespeare.
- The good mother holds me still a child! Good mother is bad mother unto me! A worse were better; yet no worse would I. Heaven yield her for it! ― Gareth and Lynette, Tennyson.
- To give way; to allow another to pass first.
- Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
- To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
- They refuse to yield to the enemy.
- (intransitive) To give way; to succumb to a force.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- He turned the handle as he spoke, but the door did not yield. We threw ourselves against it. With a crash it burst open, and we almost fell headlong into the room.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- To produce as return, as from an investment.
- Historically, that security yields a high return.
- (law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
- (mathematics) To produce as a result.
- Completing the mathematics correctly yields a result of five.
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- submit - To fully surrender
- capitulate - To end all resistance, may imply a compensation with an enemy or to end all resistance because of loss of hope
- succumb - To fully surrender, because of helplessness and extreme weakness, to the leader of an opposing force
- relent - A yielding because of pity or mercy
- defer - A voluntary submitting out of respect, reverence or affection
- give way - To succumb to persistent persuasion.
- surrender - To give up into the power, control, or possession of another
- cede - To give up, give way, give away
- give up - To surrender
- produce - To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.
- bear - To produce something, such as fruit or crops
- supply - To provide (something), to make (something) available for use
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to give way
to give as required
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to produce as return
to produce as a result
[edit] Noun
yield (plural yields)
- (obsolete) Payment; tribute.
- A product; the quantity of something produced
- Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.
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quantity of something produced
