Yield : (noun) 1: production of a certain amount [syn: output]
2: an amount of a product [syn: fruit]
3: the income arising from land or other property; "the average
return was about 5%" [syn: return, issue, proceeds,
take, takings, payoff]
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" [syn: output, production]
Yield : (verb) 1: be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble";
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"Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
[syn: give, afford]
2: end resistance, especially under pressure or force; "The
door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" [syn:
give way]
3: give or supply; "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" [syn: render, return,
give, generate]
4: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control
of another [syn: concede, cede, grant]
5: give in, as to influence or pressure [syn: relent, soften]
[ant: stand]
6: move in order to make room for someone for something; "The
park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the
crowd" [syn: move over, give way, give, ease up]
7: bring about; "His two singles gave the team the victory"
[syn: give, bring about]
8: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede,
grant]
9: be fatally overwhelmed [syn: succumb] [ant: survive]
10: bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this
savings certificate pay annually?" [syn: pay, bear]
11: be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material
doesn't give" [syn: give]
12: cease opposition; stop fighting
13: consent reluctantly [syn: give in, succumb, knuckle
under, buckle under]
