Word Frequency
yield (jiːld
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Definitions
verb
- to give forth or supply (a product, result, etc), esp by cultivation, labour, etc; produce or bear
- tr to furnish as a return ⇒
the shares yielded three per cent
- tr often foll by up to surrender or relinquish, esp as a result of force, persuasion, etc
- intr sometimes foll by to to give way, submit, or surrender, as through force or persuasion ⇒
she yielded to his superior knowledge
- intr often foll by to to agree; comply; assent ⇒
he eventually yielded to their request for money
- tr to grant or allow; concede ⇒
to yield right of way
- tr (obsolete) to pay or repay ⇒
God yield thee!
noun
- the result, product, or amount yielded
- the profit or return, as from an investment or tax
- the annual income provided by an investment, usually expressed as a percentage of
its cost or of its current value ⇒
the yield on these shares is 15 per cent at today's market value
- the energy released by the explosion of a nuclear weapon expressed in terms of the amount of TNT necessary to produce the same energy
- (chemistry) the quantity of a specified product obtained in a reaction or series of reactions, usually expressed as a percentage of the quantity that is theoretically obtainable
Derived Forms
ˈyieldable adjectiveˈyielder noun
Word Origin
Old English gieldan; related to Old Frisian jelda, Old High German geltan, Old Norse gjalda, Gothic gildanSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = bow, submit, give in, surrender, give way, succumb, cave in, capitulate, knuckle under, resign yourself
= relinquish, resign, hand over, surrender, turn over, part with, make over, cede, give over, bequeath, abdicate, deliver up,
= surrender, give up, give in, concede defeat, cave in, throw in the towel, admit defeat, accept defeat, give up the struggle, knuckle under, raise the white flag, lay down your arms, cry quits
Translations for 'yield'
- British English: yield If you yield to someone or something, you stop resisting them.She yielded to pressure and told the truth.jiːld VERB
- Arabic: يَسْتَسْلِمُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: render
- Chinese: 屈服
- Croatian: prepustiti se
- Czech: ustoupit ustupovatsilnějšímu
- Danish: give efter
- Dutch: zwichten
- European Spanish: rendir
- Finnish: tuottaatuottoa
- French: produire
- German: erbringen
- Greek: αποφέρω
- Italian: rendere
- Japanese: 生む利益
- Korean: 산출하다
- Norwegian: vike
- Polish: dać dawać
- Portuguese: render
- Romanian: a ceda
- Russian: давать
- Spanish: rendir
- Swedish: avkastning
- Thai: ยอม ยอมจำนน
- Turkish: sonuç sağlamak
- Ukrainian: поступатися поступитися
- Vietnamese: đầu hàng
- British English: yield A yield is the amount of food produced on an area of land or by a number of animals. NOUN...improving the yield of the crop.
- Brazilian Portuguese: produção
- Chinese: 产量产產量
- European Spanish: producción
- French: rendement
- German: Ertrag
- Italian: produzione
- Japanese: 収穫高
- Korean: 수확
- Portuguese: produção
- Spanish: producción
Example Sentences Including 'yield'
A $50 stock issuing a $5 annual dividend has a yield of 10 %.Globe and Mail (2003)
All these mines have complex histories, many are played out, and they yield different treasures.THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
But with many farmers owning fields as small as a hectare, they will not be willing to give up the extra yield.New Scientist (2003)
For one thing, the dividend yield on the broader market now is just 1.7 per cent, which minimizes the potential payout.Globe and Mail (2003)
She re-read the paragraph three times, as if it might yield something she had not understood at first.The White Dove
The National Deposit Friendly Society quotes a massive 4.9 % reduction in yield.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The only way to rid myself of it would be to yield to it, which in due course I would most certainly do.THE EXECUTION (2002)
This was, after all, Bonnie Lachlan's apartment; and on her own territory Bonnie did not yield centre-stage in a hurry.Stage Fright
To find out the impact of charges within a friendly society plan, you will need to look for the reduction in yield.Glasgow Herald (2001)
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