yield

B2
Pronunciation
/jiːld/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

Payment; tribute.

2 Definition

A product; the quantity of something produced.

Example Sentences
  • Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.
3 Definition

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

4 Definition

Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.

Verb
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

2 Definition

To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.

3 Definition

To give way; to allow another to pass first.

Example Sentences
  • Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
4 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • They refuse to yield to the enemy.
5 Definition

To give, or give forth, (anything).

6 Definition

To give way; to succumb to a force.

7 Definition

To produce as return, as from an investment.

Example Sentences
  • Historically, that security yields a high return.
8 Definition

To produce as a result.

Example Sentences
  • Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
9 Definition

To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.

Example Sentences
  • Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-.
10 Definition

(of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.

11 Definition

To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.