Yield

Verb

 * 1)  To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
 * God 'ild [yield] you! ― Shakespeare.
 * The good mother holds me still a child! Good mother is bad mother unto me! A worse were better; yet no worse would I. Heaven yield her for it! ― Gareth and Lynette, Tennyson.
 * 1) To give way; to allow another to pass first.
 * Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
 * 1) To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
 * They refuse to yield to the enemy.
 * 1)  To give way; to succumb to a force.
 * 2) * 1897,, Chapter 21
 * He turned the handle as he spoke, but the door did not yield. We threw ourselves against it. With a crash it burst open, and we almost fell headlong into the room.
 * 1) To produce as return, as from an investment.
 * Historically, that security yields a high return.
 * 1)  The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
 * 2)  To produce as a result.
 * Completing the mathematics correctly yields a result of five.

Synonyms

 * submit - To fully surrender
 * capitulate - To end all resistance, may imply a compensation with an enemy or to end all resistance because of loss of hope
 * succumb - To fully surrender, because of helplessness and extreme weakness, to the leader of an opposing force
 * relent - A yielding because of pity or mercy
 * defer - A voluntary submitting out of respect, reverence or affection
 * give way - To succumb to persistent persuasion.
 * surrender - To give up into the power, control, or possession of another
 * cede - To give up, give way, give away
 * give up - To surrender
 * produce - To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.
 * bear - To produce something, such as fruit or crops
 * supply - To provide (something), to make (something) available  for use

Noun

 * 1)  Payment; tribute.
 * 2) A product; the quantity of something produced
 * Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.

Derived terms

 * overyielding
 * yielder
 * sustained yield
 * yield-to-maturity
 * yield curve

Synonyms

 * harvest
 * return
 * fruits
 * produce
 * crop

Related terms

 * relent
 * unrelent
 * succumb
 * capitulate
 * submit
 * stop
 * defer

Adjectives for Yield
excellent; abundant; desired; glorious; astounding; bloodless; remarkable; reassuring; prosperous; fabulous.

Verbs for Yield
conserve—; consume—; curtail—; augment —; deplete—; disperse—; enhance—; estimate—; exhaust—; forecast—; garner—; market—; multiply—; squander—; treasure —; value—; —accrues; —ascends; —descends; —exceeds; —floods; —gluts; — mounts; —replenishes; —soars; —swells.

Adverbs for Yield
unequivocally; copiously; ostensibly; dejectedly; reluctantly; submissively; unwillingly; gracefully; blindly; prudently; begrudgingly; heroically; gallantly; abundantly; pusillanimously; gloriously.

Thesaurus
abandon, abdicate, abjure, accede, accept, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, acknowledge, acknowledge defeat, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, administer, admit, afford, aftermath, agree, agree provisionally, agree with, allot, allow, assent, assent grudgingly, assimilate to, avails, avow, award, back down, balance, be guided by, bear, bear fruit, bear up, bearing, bend, bestow, bestow on, bounce, bow, box office, break, break off combat, bring forth, bring in, bumper crop, capitulate, cater to, cave, cave in, cease, cease resistance, cede, chime in with, clothe, coddle, collapse, come apart, come unstuck, commissions, communicate, comply, comply with, compose, compound, compromise, concede, concur, condone, confer, confess, conform, conk out, consent, contribute, cop out, correct, correspond, cosset, countenance, credit, credits, crop, crumble, crumple, cry quits, deal, deal out, debate, decline, defer, deliberate, demur, desist from, discharge, discipline, disgorge, dish out, disintegrate, dispense, dispense with, disposable income, dispose of, dividend, dividends, do without, dole, dole out, donate, droop, drop, duck responsibility, dump, earn, earned income, earnings, eject, emit, endow, evade responsibility, express general agreement, extend, fade, fail, faint, fall in with, falter, favor, fear, fill, fill up, find, fit, fizzle out, flag, fold up, follow, forgo, fork out, forswear, fructify, fruit, fund, furnish, gain, gains, gate, gate receipts, gear to, generate, get, get along without, get rid of, gift, gift with, give, give and take, give away, give freely, give ground, give in, give out, give over, give place, give up, give way, give way to, go, go along with, go by, go fifty-fifty, go soft, go to pieces, grant, gratify, grin and abide, gross, gross income, gross receipts, hand in, hand out, hand over, hang back, harmonize, harvest, have done with, heap, hear, help to, hem and haw, hesitate, hit the skids, hold out, hover, hum and haw, humor, impart, income, indulge, intake, invest, issue, jib, keep, kiss good-bye, knuckle, knuckle under, languish, lavish, lay down, leave, leave off, let go by, let have, let pass, maintain, make, make a deal, make a sacrifice, make an adjustment, make available, make concessions, make conform, make provision for, meet, meet halfway, mete, mete out, mold, mollycoddle, net, net income, net receipts, not oppose, obey, oblige, observe, offer, output, overlook, own, pamper, part with, pause, pay, pay off, peg out, peter out, pine, play politics, please, ponder, poop out, pour, prepare, present, proceeds, produce, product, production, proffer, profit, profits, provide, provide for, pull back, quit the field, quitclaim, rain, reach a compromise, recant, receipt, receipts, receivables, recognize, reconcile, recruit, rectify, relax, relent, relinquish, render, render up, renounce, replenish, resign, resist, retract, retreat, return, returns, revenue, rise above, royalties, rub off corners, sacrifice, satisfy, scruple, second crop, serve, settle, shape, shell out, shilly-shally, shower, shrug, shrug it off, shy, sink, slip, snow, spare, split the difference, spoil, spring, spring back, stick at, stickle, stock, stop to consider, store, straddle the fence, straighten, strain at, strike a balance, strike a bargain, submit, submit to, subsidize, succumb, suit, supply, support, surrender, swear off, take, take the mean, take-in, takings, tally with, tender, think twice about, throughput, throw up, turn out, turn up, turnout, unbend, unearned income, vacate, vent, vintage, vouchsafe, waive, warrant, weaken, wear away, wear thin, wilt, withdraw, yield to

Etymology
From yielden:, yelden:, from  gieldan:, from, from. Cognate with gelden:,  gelten:,  jild:.

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: taipua, hellittää, antaa tietä, väistää
 * French:, laisser passer
 * German:, Platz machen
 * Italian:, dare la precedenza


 * Japanese: 譲る
 * Norwegian: svikte, gi etter
 * Portuguese:, sucumbir
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: (ustupát’)
 * Turkish: yol vermek, sağlamak


 * Arabic: أجزأ, أجزى, أدر, أغل, أكسب, أمن, حقق, در, رجع بـ, سحب, عاد ( عليه ) بـ
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Ertrag abwerfen
 * Italian:, ,


 * Japanese: 譲る
 * Norwegian: yte
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: возвращать, отдавать (to give as required); сдаваться (surrender or capitulate)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ge vika
 * Turkish: ürün vermek


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: もたらす


 * Norwegian: multiplisere
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: давать; приводить к; in some cases - производить
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: voortbrengen
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Norwegian: resultere i
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: приводить к, результироваться
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * Arabic: إفادة, إفادة من, إنتاج, إيراد, استفادة, جداء, جدوى, جنى, حاصل, حصد, حصيدة, حصيلة, حمل, خرج, خير, دخل, ربح, ريع, صلاح, صلوح, طائل, عائد, عائدة, غلة, فائدة, كسب, متحصل, محصلة, محصول, مدخول, مستغل, مصلحة, مغل, منتج, منتجات, منتوج, منفعة, ناتج, نتاج, نتيجة, نفع
 * Croatian: urod


 * Czech: výnos, úroda (agriculture)
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 収穫,
 * Norwegian: (potato yield), utbytte (financial yield)
 * Polish: produkcja, plon, wydajność
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: దిగుబడి (digubaDi), రాబడి (raabaDi)
 * Turkish: hasılat, kazanç, rekolte, kar, ürün

Anagrams

 * Leidy
 * ylide