Yield Definition

yēld

yielded, yielding, yields

verb

yielded, yielding, yields

To give forth by a natural process, especially by cultivation.

A field that yields many bushels of corn.

American Heritage

To produce or bear.

A mine that has yielded poorly.

Webster's New World

To produce.

Webster's New World

To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of.

An investment that yields a high return.

American Heritage

To give up under pressure; surrender.

To yield oneself up to pleasure.

Webster's New World

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noun

yields

The act of yielding, or producing.

Webster's New World

The amount yielded or produced; return on labor, investment, taxes, etc.; product.

Webster's New World

A profit obtained from an investment; a return.

American Heritage

The ratio of the annual cash dividends or of the earnings per share of a stock to the market price.

Webster's New World

The force in kilotons or megatons of a nuclear or thermonuclear explosion.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Yield

Singular:

yield

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From Middle English yielden, yelden (“to yield, pay"), from Old English Ä¡ieldan (“to pay"), from Proto-Germanic *geldanÄ… (“to pay"), from Proto-Indo-European *gÊ°eldÊ°- (“to pay"). Cognate with Scots yield (“to yield"), North Frisian jilden (“to pay"), West Frisian jilde (“to pay"), Dutch gelden (“to apply, be count or valued"), German gelten (“to have worth or value, be valid, count"), Icelandic gjalda (“to pay, yield, give").

From Wiktionary
From Middle English ȝeld, from Old English Ä¡ield, from Proto-Germanic *geldÄ… (“reward, gift, money"), from Proto-Indo-European *gÊ°eldÊ°- (“to pay"). Compare West Frisian jild, Dutch geld, Low German and German Geld, Danish gjæld, Swedish gäld, Icelandic gjald. See also geld.

From Wiktionary
Middle English yielden from Old English geldan to pay

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition