v. & n.
--v.
1. tr. (also absol.) produce or return as a fruit, profit, or result (the land yields crops; the land yields poorly; the investment yields 15%).
2 tr. give up; surrender, concede; comply with a demand for (yielded the fortress; yielded themselves prisoners).
3 intr. (often foll. by to) a surrender; make submission. b give consent or change one's course of action in deference to; respond as required to (yielded to persuasion).
4 intr. (foll. by to) be inferior or confess inferiority to (I yield to none in understanding the problem).
5 intr. (foll. by to) give right of way to other traffic.
6 intr. US allow another the right to speak in a debate etc.
--n. an amount yielded or produced; an output or return.
Phrases and idioms:
yield point Physics the stress beyond which a material becomes plastic.
Derivatives:
yielder n.
Etymology: OE g(i)eldan pay f. Gmc