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   yield

   /jiːld/

   verb

   • 1. produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product): "the land yields grapes and tobacco" Similar producebeargivesupplyprovideaffordreturnbring inpull inhaul ingather infetchearnnetrealizegeneratefurnishbestowpay outcontributeinformal:rake in
   • ▪ produce or generate (a result, gain, or financial return): "this method yields the same results" Similar producebeargivesupplyprovideaffordreturnbring inpull inhaul ingather infetchearnnetrealizegeneratefurnishbestowpay outcontributeinformal:rake in
   • 2. give way to arguments, demands, or pressure: "the Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted" Similar surrendercapitulatesubmitrelentadmit defeataccept defeatconcede defeatback downclimb downquitgive ingive up the strugglelay down one's armsraise/show the white flagknuckle underbe overcomebe overwhelmedbe conqueredbe beatenfall victiminformal:throw in the towelthrow in the spongecave inaccede tosubmit tobow down todefer tocomply withconform toagree toconsent togo along withbe guided byheednotepay attention tograntpermitallowsanctionwarrantOpposite resistdefy
   • ▪ relinquish possession of: "they might yield up their secrets" Similar relinquishsurrenderpart withdeliver uphand overturn overgive overmake overbequeathremitcedeleavesacrificeOpposite retain
   • ▪ concede (a point of dispute): "I yielded the point"
   • ▪ give right of way to other traffic. North American
   • 3. (of a mass or structure) give way under force or pressure: "he reeled into the house as the door yielded" Similar bendgiveflexbe flexiblebe pliant

   noun

   • 1. an amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product: "the milk yield was poor"
   • ▪ a financial return: "an annual dividend yield of 20 per cent"

   Word Origin Old Englishg(i)eldan ‘pay, repay’, of Germanic origin. The senses ‘produce, bear’ and ‘surrender’ arose in Middle English.

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