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yield
v. produce, supply, bear (profit, harvest, fruit, etc.); give; relinquish; surrender; comply; withdraw
 
n. crop, harvest, return, produce; income, profit


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Yield may mean:Crop yield, a measure of the output per unit area of land under cultivationMaximum sustainable yield, the largest long-term fishery catch that can be safely takenRolled throughput yield, a statistical tool in Six SigmaYield (finance), a rate of return based on what the holder earns with direct incomes on a financial instrument or security Dividend yield, the current or yield to maturity of common or preferred share dividendsYield (aviation), the revenue an airline makes on each passenger for every kilometer/mile travelledYield (chemistry), the amount of product obtained in a chemical reactionYield (engineering), the permanent plastic deformation of a structureYield strength, an engineering term for the strain that a material can undergo before plastic deformationin computer science, a point of return (and re-entry) of a coroutineYield (education), the percentage of prospective students offered admission to an educational institution that actually enroll at that schoolSemiconductor fabrication yield, the proportion of devices produced which function correctlyNuclear weapon yield, the amount of energy discharged when the weapon explodesTerminal yield, in formal language theory is the sequence of leaves encountered in an ordered walk of a tree structureYield sign, a traffic sign controlling the give-way rules at an intersection (also called a give way sign)an element in The Amazing Race, a U.S. reality game, where one team forces another to stop racing for a pre-determined amount of time.Yield (album), the fifth album from the band Pearl JamYield Class, an expression of the productivity of a stand of timber.
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yield
Noun
1. production of a certain amount
(synonym) output
(hypernym) production
(hyponym) crop, harvest
(derivation) pay, bear
2. an amount of a product
(synonym) fruit
(hypernym) product, production
(derivation) pay, bear
3. the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
(synonym) return, issue, proceeds, take, takings, payoff
(hypernym) income
(hyponym) economic rent, rent
(derivation) render, return, give, generate
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"
(synonym) output, production
(hypernym) indefinite quantity
(hyponym) picking, pick
(derivation) pay, bear
Verb
1. be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
(synonym) give, afford
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(hyponym) open, open up
(verb-group) give
2. end resistance, especially under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
(synonym) give way
(hypernym) change
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"
(synonym) render, return, give, generate
(hypernym) produce, make, create
(verb-group) give, bring about
(derivation) return, issue, proceeds, take, takings, payoff
4. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
(synonym) concede, cede, grant
(hypernym) give
5. give in, as to influence or pressure
(synonym) relent, soften
(antonym) stand, remain firm
(hyponym) truckle
6. move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
(synonym) move over, give way, give, ease up
(hypernym) move
(verb-group) abandon, give up
7. bring about; "His two singles gave the team the victory"
(synonym) give, bring about
(hypernym) make, create
(verb-group) render, return, give, generate
8. be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"
(synonym) concede, grant
(hypernym) agree, hold, concur, concord
(hyponym) forgive
(derivation) concession, conceding, yielding
9. be fatally overwhelmed
(synonym) succumb
(hypernym) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
10. bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
(synonym) pay, bear
(hypernym) gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
(hyponym) net, clear
(derivation) fruit
(classification) investment, investment funds
11. be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give"
(synonym) give
(hypernym) stretch
12. cease opposition; stop fighting
(hyponym) surrender, give up
(derivation) surrenderer, yielder
13. consent reluctantly
(synonym) give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
(hypernym) accept, consent, go for
(hyponym) submit, bow, defer, accede, give in
(derivation) giving up, yielding, surrender


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Yield
(v. t.)
To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
  
 
(v. t.)
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.
  
 
(v. t.)
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.
  
 
(v. t.)
To give a reward to; to bless.
  
 
(v. t.)
To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
  
 
(v. t.)
To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
  
 
(v. i.)
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.
  
 
(v. i.)
To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
  
 
(v. i.)
To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
  
 
(v. i.)
To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
  
 
(n.)
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
  

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Yield
the number of units good after some test or measurement divided by the number of units measured.

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