<b><font size="4">"yield"</font></b><br/><b>noun</b> <ol> <li>production of a certain amount [syn: <a href="../output.html">output</a>] </li> <li>an amount of a product [syn: <a href="../fruit.html">fruit</a>] </li> <li>the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: <a href="../return.html">return</a>, <a href="../issue.html">issue</a>, <a href="../proceeds.html">proceeds</a>, <a href="../take.html">take</a>, <a href="../takings.html">takings</a>, <a href="../payoff.html">payoff</a>] </li> <li>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: <a href="../output.html">output</a>, <a href="../production.html">production</a>]</li> </ol> <b>verb</b> <ol> <li>be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" [syn: <a href="../give.html">give</a>, <a href="../afford.html">afford</a>] </li> <li>end resistance, especially under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" [syn: <a href="../give.html way">give way</a>] </li> <li>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: <a href="../render.html">render</a>, <a href="../return.html">return</a>, <a href="../give.html">give</a>, <a href="../generate.html">generate</a>] </li> <li>give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: <a href="../concede.html">concede</a>, <a href="../cede.html">cede</a>, <a href="../grant.html">grant</a>] </li> <li>give in, as to influence or pressure [syn: <a href="../relent.html">relent</a>, <a href="../soften.html">soften</a>] [ant: <a href="../stand.html">stand</a>] </li> <li>move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" [syn: <a href="/">move over</a>, <a href="../give.html way">give way</a>, <a href="../give.html">give</a>, <a href="/">ease up</a>] </li> <li>bring about; "His two singles gave the team the victory" [syn: <a href="../give.html">give</a>, <a href="/">bring about</a>] </li> <li>be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: <a href="../concede.html">concede</a>, <a href="../grant.html">grant</a>] </li> <li>be fatally overwhelmed [syn: <a href="../succumb.html">succumb</a>] [ant: <a href="../survive.html">survive</a>] </li> <li>bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" [syn: <a href="../pay.html">pay</a>, <a href="../bear.html">bear</a>] </li> <li>be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give" [syn: <a href="../give.html">give</a>] </li> <li>cease opposition; stop fighting </li> <li>consent reluctantly [syn: <a href="../give.html in">give in</a>, <a href="../succumb.html">succumb</a>, <a href="/">knuckle under</a>, <a href="/">buckle under</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../yield.html">http://www.word.sc/yield</a>

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