yield
/jiːld
/verb
1 [with object] Produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product): the land yields grapes and tobacco...
- Of all sugary plant produce, none yields a commodity as highly valued or widely grown as grape wine.
- Cross-referencing among chapters is excellent, yielding a product that appears more integrated than such symposium-product volumes often are.
- In 17 of 19 cases PCR yielded nonspecific products or failed.
1.1Produce or generate (a result, gain, or financial return): this method yields the same results such investments yield direct cash returns...
- There are more direct and quicker methods that yield similar results.
- Such strong methods have yielded results.
- This method yielded excellent results because there was improvement of 15 to 20 per cent each time a teacher repeated the exercise.
Synonyms
produce, bear, give, supply, provide, afford, return, bring in, pull in, haul in, gather in, fetch, earn, net, realize, generate, furnish, bestow, pay out, contribute
informal rake in
2 [no object] Give way to arguments, demands, or pressure: the Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted he yielded to the demands of his partners...
- It is reported that the company yielded to the toughest demand to avoid government intervention.
- She yielded to their demands.
- At the age of 76, Jenkins finally yielded to public demand and performed at Carnegie Hall on October 25, 1944.
Synonyms
surrender, capitulate, submit, relent, admit defeat, accept defeat, concede defeat, back down, climb down, quit, give in, give up the struggle, lay down one's arms, raise/show the white flag, knuckle under;
be overcome, be overwhelmed, be conquered, be beaten, fall victim
informal throw in the towel, throw in the sponge, cave in
accede to, submit to, bow down to, defer to, comply with, conform to, agree to, consent to, go along with, be guided by, heed, note, pay attention to;
grant, permit, allow, sanction, warrant
2.1 [with object] Relinquish possession of: they might yield up their secrets they are forced to yield ground...
- The Ospreys struggled to secure quality first-phase possession, naively throwing long at the lineout, which often yielded possession back to the enthusiastic Blues.
- Scholars do not yield their ground readily unless the evidence against their position is overwhelming.
- Without yielding much ground, I sympathize.
Synonyms
relinquish, surrender, part with, deliver up, hand over, turn over, give over;
make over, bequeath, remit, cede, leave, sacrifice
2.2 [with object] Concede (a point of dispute): I yielded the point
2.3chiefly North American Give right of way to other traffic.Motorists will be able to proceed through the intersection after yielding to circulating traffic on the left....
- He said under the new traffic system, motorists drive around the green as they would around a roundabout, yielding to traffic coming from the right and travelling in a clockwise direction.
- The safety authority wanted all vehicles approaching a T-junction from a minor road to yield to right-turning traffic from a through road.
3 [no object] (Of a mass or structure) give way under force or pressure: he reeled into the house as the door yielded...
- The structure yields.
- The upper right-hand corner yielded to a slight pressure.
Synonyms
bend, give, flex, be flexible, be pliant
noun
1An amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product: the milk yield was poor...
- It severely reduces agricultural yields and productivity.
- The majority of the continent's population is employed in agriculture characterized by low yields and low labor productivity.
- Genetically engineered super plants are expected to boost agricultural yields significantly.
1.1A financial return: an annual dividend yield of 20 per cent...
- While Twain was most impressed with the productivity of Hawaiian acreage, both in terms of yields and returns on capital, he devoted the bulk of his article to a discussion of labour.
- US shares returned a total yield for the period of less than zero, giving the lie to the often-heard pronouncement that long-term stock market returns are always healthy.
- Becoming a real landlady is a lot of work and the apartment market is only returning an annual yield of about 2.5%, barely enough to cover inflation.
Synonyms
profit, gain, return, reward, revenue, dividend, proceeds, receipts, earnings, takings;
product, production, produce, output, crop, harvest;
North American take
informal pickings
British informal bunce
Derivatives
yielder
- High yielders and heifers suffer most with tight grazing.
- High yielders have not disappointed investors lately.
- He is avoiding high yielders such as WH Smith, Northern Foods and Premier Foods.
Origin
Old English g(i)eldan 'pay, repay', of Germanic origin. The senses 'produce, bear' and 'surrender' arose in Middle English.