YIELD


Meaning of YIELD in English

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gieldan; akin to Old High German geltan to pay Date: before 12th century transitive verb recompense , reward , to give or render as fitting, rightfully owed, or required, to give up possession of on claim or demand: as, to give up (as one's breath) and so die, to surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another ; hand over possession of, to surrender or submit (oneself) to another, to give (oneself) up to an inclination, temptation, or habit, to relinquish one's possession of (as a position of advantage or point of superiority) , 4. to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation , to produce or furnish as return , c. to produce as return from an expenditure or investment ; furnish as profit or interest , to produce as revenue ; bring in , to give up (as a hit or run) in baseball , intransitive verb to be fruitful or productive ; bear , produce , to give up and cease resistance or contention ; submit , succumb , to give way to pressure or influence ; submit to urging, persuasion, or entreaty, to give way under physical force (as bending, stretching, or breaking), 5. to give place or precedence ; acknowledge the superiority of someone else, to be inferior , to give way to or become succeeded by someone or something else, to relinquish the floor of a legislative assembly, Synonyms: see: ~ see: relinquish II. noun Date: 15th century something ~ed ; product , the capacity of ~ing produce

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