8 dictionary results for: yield
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[yeeld] Pronunciation Key,
—Related forms
[yeeld] Pronunciation Key, –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs. |
| 2. | to produce or furnish (payment, profit, or interest): a trust fund that yields ten percent interest annually; That investment will yield a handsome return. |
| 3. | to give up, as to superior power or authority: They yielded the fort to the enemy. |
| 4. | to give up or surrender (oneself): He yielded himself to temptation. |
| 5. | to give up or over; relinquish or resign: to yield the floor to the senator from Ohio. |
| 6. | to give as due or required: to yield obedience. |
| 7. | to cause; give rise to: The play yielded only one good laugh. |
| 8. | to give a return, as for labor expended; produce; bear. |
| 9. | to surrender or submit, as to superior power: The rebels yielded after a week. |
| 10. | to give way to influence, entreaty, argument, or the like: Don't yield to their outrageous demands. |
| 11. | to give place or precedence (usually fol. by to): to yield to another; Will the senator from New York yield? |
| 12. | to give way to force, pressure, etc., so as to move, bend, collapse, or the like. |
| 13. | the act of yielding or producing. |
| 14. | something yielded. |
| 15. | the quantity or amount yielded. |
| 16. | Chemistry. the quantity of product formed by the interaction of two or more substances, generally expressed as a percentage of the quantity obtained to that theoretically obtainable. |
| 17. | the income produced by a financial investment, usually shown as a percentage of cost. |
| 18. | a measure of the destructive energy of a nuclear explosion, expressed in kilotons of the amount of TNT that would produce the same destruction. |
[Origin: bef. 900; (v.) ME y(i)elden, OE g(i)eldan to pay; c. G gelten to be worth, apply to; (n.) late ME, deriv. of the v.
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yielder, noun
—Synonyms 1. furnish, supply, render, bear. 3. abandon, abdicate, waive, forgo. Yield, submit, surrender mean to give way or give up to someone or something. To yield is to concede under some degree of pressure, but not necessarily to surrender totally: to yield ground to an enemy. To submit is to give up more completely to authority, superior force, etc., and to cease opposition, although usually with reluctance: to submit to control. To surrender is to give up complete possession of, relinquish, and cease claim to: to surrender a fortress, one's freedom, rights. 6. render. 10. give in, comply, bow. 14. fruit. See crop.
—Antonyms 4. resist.
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| yield
(yēld) Pronunciation Key
v. yield·ed, yield·ing, yields v. tr.
v. intr.
n.
[Middle English yielden, from Old English geldan, to pay.] yield'er n. Synonyms: These verbs all mean to give in to what one can no longer oppose or resist. Yield has the widest application: My neighbor won't yield to reason. "The child ... soon yielded to the drowsiness" (Charles Dickens). |
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yield (v.)
yield (v.)
O.E. geldan (Anglian), gieldan (W.Saxon) "to pay" (class III strong verb; past tense geald, p.p. golden), from P.Gmc. *geldanan "pay" (cf. O.S. geldan "to be worth," O.N. gjaldo "to repay, return," M.Du. ghelden, Du. gelden "to cost, be worth, concern," O.H.G. geltan, Ger. gelten "to be worth," Goth. fra-gildan "to repay, requite"), perhaps from PIE *ghel-to- "I pay," found only in Balto-Slavic and Gmc., unless O.C.S. zledo, Lith. geliuoti are Gmc. loan-words. Sense developed in Eng. via use to translate L. reddere, Fr. rendre, and had expanded by c.1300 to "repay, return, render (service), produce, surrender." Related to M.L.G. and M.Du. gelt, Du. geld, Ger. Geld "money." Earliest Eng. sense survives in financial "yield from investments." The noun is O.E. gield "payment, sum of money;" extended sense of "production" (as of crops) is first attested c.1440. Yielding in sense of "giving way to physical force" is recorded from 1665.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| yield | |
noun | |
| 1. | production of a certain amount [syn: output] |
| 2. | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: return] |
| 3. | an amount of a product |
| 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] |
verb | |
| 1. | be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" |
| 2. | end resistance, as 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] |
| 4. | give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede] |
| 5. | give in, as to influence or pressure [ant: remain firm] |
| 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] |
| 7. | cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory" [syn: give] |
| 8. | be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede] |
| 9. | be fatally overwhelmed [syn: succumb] [ant: come through] |
| 10. | bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" |
| 11. | be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give" [syn: give] |
| 12. | cease opposition; stop fighting |
| 13. | consent reluctantly |
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
yield
[Chapter:] Business and Economics
yield
The income from a fixed-income security as a percentage of its market price. For example, if the market price of a bond declines, its yield rises.
[Chapter:] Business and Economics
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Yield
Geld\, n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.] Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.] Note: This word occurs in old law books in composition, as in danegeld, or danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; weregeld, compensation for the life of a man, etc.
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Yield
Gild"ale`\, n. [AS. gilgan to pay + E. ale. See Yield, v. t., and Ale.] A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share. [Obs.]
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Guild\, n. [OE. gilds, AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, a society or company where payment was made for its charge and support, fr. AS. gildan, gieldan, to pay. See Yield, v. t.]1. An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or corporation; as, the Stationers' Guild; the Ironmongers' Guild. They were originally licensed by the government, and endowed with special privileges and authority. 2. A guildhall. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. A religious association or society, organized for charitable purposes or for assistance in parish work.
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