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yield

UK/jiːld/ US/ˈjild/ fairly common us
verb (13) noun (4)

verb

1.

be the cause or source of

  • “He gave me a lot of trouble”
  • “Our meeting afforded much interesting information”
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2.

end resistance, especially under pressure or force

  • “The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram”
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3.

give or supply

  • “The cow brings in 5 liters of milk”
  • “This year”
  • “;”
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4.

give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

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5.

give in, as to influence or pressure

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6.

move in order to make room for someone for something

  • “The park gave way to a supermarket”
  • “Move over,”
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7.

bring about

  • “His two singles gave the team the victory”
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8.

be willing to concede

  • “I grant you this much”
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9.

be fatally overwhelmed

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10.

bring in

  • “interest-bearing accounts”
  • “How much does this savings certificate pay annually?”
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11.

be flexible under stress of physical force

  • “This material doesn”
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noun

1.
2.

an amount of a product

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3.

the income arising from land or other property

  • “the average return was about 5%”
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4.

the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

  • “production was up in the second quarter”
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Origin

From Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan (“to pay”), from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Doublet of geld. The noun is from Middle English ȝeld (“tax, payment”), from Old English ġield (“payment”), from Proto-West Germanic *geld (“payment”), from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Cognates Cognate with Scots yield (“to yield”), North Frisian jilden (“to pay”), Saterland Frisian jäilde (“to be valid, matter, count, be worth”), West Frisian jilde (“to pay”), Low German gellen, Dutch gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), German gelten (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Danish gælde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Icelandic gjalda (“to pay, yield, give”), Norwegian Bokmål gjelde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjelde, gjelda (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Swedish gälda (“to pay”), gälla (“to apply, be regarded”). The noun is cognate with West Frisian jild...

Phrases

  • a bad tree does not yield good apples Expressions
  • high dividend yield trap Expressions
  • high-dividend yield trap Expressions
  • normalized yield Expressions
  • par yield Expressions
  • sustained yield Expressions
  • yield burning Expressions
  • yield co Expressions

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