What does Yield Mean?
Definition as Noun
- an amount of a product
- production of a certain amount
- the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Definition as Verb
- cease opposition; stop fighting
- give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- be willing to concede
- be the cause or source of
- cause to happen or be responsible for
- be flexible under stress of physical force
- consent reluctantly
- end resistance, as under pressure or force
- move in order to make room for someone for something
- bring in
- give in, as to influence or pressure
- give or supply
- be fatally overwhelmed
Examples
- "production was up in the second quarter"
- "the average return was about 5%"
- "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
- "His two singles gave the team the victory"
- "This material doesn't give"
- "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
- "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
- "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
- "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"