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Princeton's WordNet

  1. output, yieldnoun

    production of a certain amount

  2. return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoffnoun

    the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

    "the average return was about 5%"

  3. yield, fruitnoun

    an amount of a product

  4. output, yield, productionverb

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

    "production was up in the second quarter"

  5. yield, give, affordverb

    be the cause or source of

    "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

  6. give way, yieldverb

    end resistance, as under pressure or force

    "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

  7. render, yield, return, give, generateverb

    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"

  8. concede, yield, cede, grantverb

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

  9. yield, relent, softenverb

    give in, as to influence or pressure

  10. move over, give way, give, ease up, yieldverb

    move in order to make room for someone for something

    "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"

  11. give, yieldverb

    cause to happen or be responsible for

    "His two singles gave the team the victory"

  12. concede, yield, grantverb

    be willing to concede

    "I grant you this much"

  13. succumb, yieldverb

    be fatally overwhelmed

  14. yield, pay, bearverb

    bring in

    "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

  15. give, yieldverb

    be flexible under stress of physical force

    "This material doesn't give"

  16. yieldverb

    cease opposition; stop fighting

  17. yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle underverb

    consent reluctantly

Wiktionary

  1. yieldnoun

    Payment; tribute.

  2. yieldnoun

    A product; the quantity of something produced

    Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.

  3. yieldverb

    To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.

  4. yieldverb

    To give way; to allow another to pass first.

    Yield the right of way to pedestrians.

  5. yieldverb

    To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.

    They refuse to yield to the enemy.

  6. yieldverb

    To give way; to succumb to a force.

  7. yieldverb

    To produce as return, as from an investment.

    Historically, that security yields a high return.

  8. yieldverb

    The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.

  9. yieldverb

    To produce as a result.

    Completing the mathematics correctly yields a result of five.

  10. Etymology: From yielden, yelden, from gieldan, from geldanan, from gheldh-. Cognate with gelden, gelten, jild.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To YIELDverb

    Etymology: geldan , Saxon, to pay.

    When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength. Gen. iv. 12.

    Strabo tells us the mines at Carthagena yielded the Romans, per diem, to the value of twenty-five thousand drachms, eight hundred and seven pounds five shillings and ten pence. Arbuth.

    He makes milch kine yield blood. William Shakespeare.

    The wilderness yieldeth food for them. Job xxiv. 5.

    All the substances of an animal, fed even with acescent substances, yield by fire nothing but alkaline salts. Arbuthnot.

    Philoclea would needs have her glove, and not without so mighty a lour as that face could yield. Philip Sidney.

    The mind of man desireth evermore to know the truth, according to the most infallible certainty which the nature of things can yield. Richard Hooker.

    If you take the idea of white, which one parcel of snow yielded yesterday to your sight, and another idea of white from another parcel of snow you see to-day, and put them together in your mind, they run into one, and the idea of whiteness is not at all increased. John Locke.

    I the praise
    Yield thee, so well thou hast this day purvey’d. John Milton.

    I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. John Milton.

    Life is but air,
    That yields a passage to the whistling sword,
    And closes when ’tis gone. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.

    Often did I strive
    To yield the ghost; but still the envious flood
    Kept in my soul, and would not let it forth
    To find the empty, vast and wand’ring air. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

    He gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost. Gen. xlix. 33.

    He not yielding over to old age his country delights, especially of hawking, was at that time, following a merlin, brought to see this injury offered unto us. Philip Sidney.

    Thus I have yielded up into your hand
    The circle of my glory. William Shakespeare, King John.

    She to realities yields all her shows. John Milton.

    ’Tis the pride of man which is the spring of this evil, and an unwillingness to yield up their own opinions. Isaac Watts.

    The enemies sometimes offered unto the soldiers, upon the walls, great rewards, if they would yield up the city, and sometimes threatened them as fast. Richard Knolles.

    They laugh, as if to them I had quitted all,
    At random yielded up to their misrule. John Milton.

  2. To Yieldverb

    He yields not in his fall;
    But fighting dies, and dying kills withal. Daniel.

    All is not lost: immortal hate,
    And courage never to submit or yield. John Milton.

    If the inspiring and expiring organ of any animal be stopt, it suddenly yields to nature, and dies. Izaak Walton, Angler.

    There he saw the fainting Grecians yield,
    And here the trembling Trojans quit the field,
    Pursu’d by fierce Achilles. Dryden.

    Considering this present age so full of tongue, and weak of brain, behold we yield to the stream thereof. Richard Hooker.

    I see a yielding in the looks of France:
    Mark, how they whisper. William Shakespeare, King John.

    This supernatural soliciting, if ill,
    Why hath it given me earnest of success?
    If good, why do I yield to that suggestion,
    Whose horrid image doth upfix my hair? William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

    With her much fair speech she caused him to yield. Prov.

    The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldst bring down Paul; but do not thou yield unto them. Acts xxiii. 21.

    There could be no secure peace, except the Lacedemonians yielded to those things, which being granted, it would be no longer in their power to hurt the Athenians. Francis Bacon.

    If much converse
    Thee satiate, to short absence I could yield. John Milton.

    If we yield that there is a God, and that this God is almighty and just, it cannot be avoided but that, after this life ended, he administers justice unto men. George Hakewill.

    The fight of Achilles and Cygnus, and the fray betwixt the Lapithæ and Centaurs, yield to no other part of this poet. Dry.

    Tell me in what more happy fields
    The thistle springs, to which the lily yields? Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. yield

    Yield refers to the amount of product produced or result achieved from a process, reaction, or investment, usually expressed as a percentage. It can refer to a variety of outcomes, such as the amount of crops produced in agriculture, the amount of profit from a financial investment, or the quantity of product formed in a chemical reaction.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Yieldverb

    to give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent

  2. Yieldverb

    to furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth

  3. Yieldverb

    to give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc

  4. Yieldverb

    to admit to be true; to concede; to allow

  5. Yieldverb

    to permit; to grant; as, to yield passage

  6. Yieldverb

    to give a reward to; to bless

  7. Yieldverb

    to give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb

  8. Yieldverb

    to comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request

  9. Yieldverb

    to give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded

  10. Yieldverb

    to give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing

  11. Yieldnoun

    amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation

  12. Etymology: [OE. yelden, elden, ilden, AS. gieldan, gildan, to pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. glla to be worth, glda to pay, Goth. gildan in fragildan, usgildan. Cf. 1st Geld, Guild.]

Wikidata

  1. Yield

    Yield is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on February 3, 1998. Following a short promotional tour for its previous album, No Code, Pearl Jam recorded Yield throughout 1997 at Studio Litho and Studio X in Seattle, Washington. The album was proclaimed as a return to the band's early, straightforward rock sound, and marked a more collaborative effort from the band as opposed to relying heavily on frontman Eddie Vedder to compose the songs. The lyrics deal with contemplative themes, albeit seen in a more positive manner compared to the band's earlier work. Yield received positive reviews and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, but while like No Code the album soon began dropping down the charts, Yield eventually outsold its predecessor. The band did more promotion for the album compared to No Code, including a return to full-scale touring and the release of a music video for the song "Do the Evolution". The record has been certified 2× platinum by the RIAA in the United States. The album is Pearl Jam's last release with drummer Jack Irons, who left the band during the album's promotional tour.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Yield

    yēld, v.t. to resign: to grant: to give out: to produce: to allow.—v.i. to submit: to comply with: to give place.—n. amount yielded: product.—adj. Yield′able, that may be yielded: inclined to yield.—ns. Yield′ableness; Yield′er.—adj. Yield′ing, inclined to give way or comply: compliant.—adv. Yield′ingly.—n. Yield′ingness.—Yield up the ghost (see 'Give up the ghost,' under Give). [A.S. gieldan, gildan, to pay, gelten, Ice. gjalda.]

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'yield' in Nouns Frequency: #2145

  2. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'yield' in Verbs Frequency: #688

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Anagrams for yield »

  1. Leidy

  2. ylide

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of yield in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of yield in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of yield in a Sentence

  1. Noriko Miyoshi:

    The pace looks too fast. Investors across the world rushed to take part in the game of yield hunting.

  2. Prime Minister Kishida:

    Given Japan’s strength, its leadership in Asia in defending peace and the rules-based international order, and Japan’s responsibility as the (Group of Seven) chair, our talks today can truly yield a global result.

  3. Bill Gross:

    A purchase of Treasuries and a sale of Bunds allows for not only a potential capital gain if the spread narrows, but a yield pickup while the Rip Van Winkle investor potentially waits for a probable outcome.

  4. Marcus Low:

    It leaves us with one less caregiver to be on assignment, and that leaves us short-staffed. Public health experts say testing delays present a major hurdle to reducing infections and tracking those who have been in close contact with a person who is positive for the virus. Thats why researchers are working to develop rapid tests that can be cheaply produced, self-administered and provide immediate, reliable results. For now, most tests to diagnose COVID-19 require laboratory processing, which means a built-in delay. Guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that states, as they lift final virus restrictions, have a turnaround time of less than two days. But its unclear whether states have access to detailed data showing whether they are meeting the CDC standard, including how long it takes to process tests at independent labs. Labs track their own turnaround times, but the CDC said data such as how long it takes for a test to get to a lab and for a provider to receive the result and notify the patient are not tracked. That makes it difficult to determine a meaningful average of what patients are experiencing in each state. In the absence of publicly available federal data, the AP earlier this month surveyed nine states that were experiencing a 14-day uptick in new positive cases, plus New York, which has had the most COVID-19 cases. The state lab in New York was taking up to three days to report results to patients. California officials said the statewide turnaround time was 48 to 72 hours, depending on the lab. In Utah, anecdotal information suggested that results took 24 to 72 hours. Most of the 10 states surveyed said they did not have data on turnaround times for commercial labs in their state, creating another information gap. Health experts said this was not unusual, that state health departments have not typically been responsible for tracking individual laboratory turnaround times. Its a good question of who should be responsible for tracking this information and providing it back to the public, said Kelly Wroblewski, director of infectious diseases with the Association of Public Health Laboratories. There are other factors that can cause delays, from the time of day the test is taken to whether a lab shuts down for the evening. Staffing issues and shortages of testing supplies also can slow the process. Even people visiting the same testing location can have widely different experiences. Earlier this month, Jeff Barnes, a music therapist in metro Atlanta, went to the same drive-thru testing location a week after his wife and two daughters. They were still waiting when he received his results the next day. Theirs wouldnt come for seven days. Barnes said he was concerned what a similar delay would mean if schools reopen in the fall. They are going to have to make it more efficient, Barnes said. If I knew (my daughter) was in a classroom with 20 kids and 10 of them had results pending, I dont know that I would send her. Until rapid tests are widely available, health experts say it will continue to take a day or two to get results under the best circumstances. That creates more opportunities for people who might be infected but feel fine to pass the virus along to others. In late April and May, the state lab in Alabama had trouble acquiring reagents, the chemical substances used to process tests. That led to intermittent delays in reporting results, up to five days from when the lab received the specimen, according to Dr. Karen Landers, assistant state health officer with the Alabama Department of Public Health. Those problems have since been resolved, and the lab now has a turnaround time between 24 and 72 hours from the time it receives samples. One of the largest commercial laboratories, Quest Diagnostics, recently reported its average turnaround time as one day for priority patients and two to three days for all other populations. The company said it expects increased demand to result in longer waits of more than thee days. Other countries face similar challenges. Wait times in China vary by city, from as little as one day in Shanghai to four days in Wuhan, where the virus first emerged. In Japan, tests usually yield results within two days. Mandatory tests, such as those at airports, often come out sooner, according to the health ministry. Results in India initially took around 24 hours. But as infections and testing increased, so did delays. Now results often take two to three days or as long as a week, depending on location. The nearly two-week wait in South Africa makes effective treatment nearly impossible.

  5. Thierry Douine:

    I don't expect them to yield unless they (employers) have a knife to their throats, in this industry, I gave up believing in Santa Claus a long time ago.

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  • عادَ ( عليه ) بِـ, طائِل, رِبْح, عائِدَة, رَيْع, غَلَّة, إِفَادَة, مَدْخُول, إِنْتاج, مَصْلَحَة, مُتَحَصِّل, إِيراد, مُغَلّ, أَجْزَأَ, جَدْوَى, مَنْتُوج, جَنًى, مَنْفَعَة, أَغَلَّ, أَكْسَبَ, نِتَاج, دَرَّ, حَصِيدَة, خَرْج, صُلُوح, خَيْر, دَخْل, عائِد, صَلَاح, فائِدَة, إِفَادَةٌ مِنْ, مُسْتَغَلّ, كَسْب, مُحَصَّلَة, اِسْتِفَادَة, مُنْتَج, مَحْصُول, نَتِيجَة, جَدَاء, مُنْتَجات, أَجْزَى, نَفْع, أَدَرَّ, حاصِل, ناتِج, أَمَّنَ, حَقَّقَ, حَصَد, رَجَعَ بِـ, حَصِيلَة, حَمْل, سَحَبَ, يخArabic
  • cedirCatalan, Valencian
  • podřídit se, vynést, výnos, úroda, dát přednost, přinést výsledkyCzech
  • Platz machen, aufgeben, (Ertrag) [[abwerfen]], Ertrag, Ausbeute, gewähren, Vorfahrt gewähren, vorbeilassen, ergebenGerman
  • ceder el paso, ceder, rendimiento, arrojarSpanish
  • väistää, myöntää, tuottaa, taipua, [[antaa]] [[tietä]], satoFinnish
  • se rendre, céder, rapporter, retourner, laisser passer, capituler, rendementFrench
  • géill slíIrish
  • toradhScottish Gaelic
  • menghasilkanIndonesian
  • cedere, dare la precedenza, arrendersi, arrendere, raccolto, produrre, restituire, produzioneItalian
  • תשואהHebrew
  • 収穫, 利益, 譲る, もたらすJapanese
  • fructusLatin
  • zwichten, voortbrengenDutch
  • yte, multiplisere, svikte, gi etter, resultere iNorwegian
  • plon, wydajność, produkcjaPolish
  • rendimento, sucumbir, resultar, produção, safra, cederPortuguese
  • închinaRomanian
  • выход, возвращать, отдавать, [[приводить]] [[к]], производить, результироваться, выработка, урожай, продукция, уступать, сдаваться, даватьRussian
  • urodSerbo-Croatian
  • utbyte, ge vika, geSwedish
  • மகசூல்Tamil
  • దిగుబడి, రాబడిTelugu
  • rekolte, kâr, sağlamak, hâsılât, kazanç, ürün, yol vermek, ürün vermekTurkish
  • вро� айністьUkrainian
  • 产量Chinese

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