Yield
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English
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Etymology
from Middle English, from Old English gieldan; akin to Old High German geltan, meaning "to pay"
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Pronunciation
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Noun
yield
- A product; the quantity of something produced
- Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.
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Translations
quantity of something produced
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Verb
yield
- 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.
- To produce as return, as from an investment
- Historically, that security yields a high return.
- To produce as a result.
- Completing the mathematics correctly yields a result of five.
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Synonyms
- 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 surender 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
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Translations
- to give way
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- to give as required
- to produce as return
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- to produce as a result
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Derived terms
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