yield

yield1 [ jild ] verb **

1. ) transitive to produce something useful such as information or evidence:

Knowing about our past does not automatically yield solutions to our current problems.

yield results/benefits: The search for truth is beginning to yield fruitful results.

a ) to make a profit:

The combined investment is expected to yield $5,000 in the first year.

yield a profit/return: This figure could yield a return high enough to provide a healthy pension.

b ) to produce fruit, vegetables, or other foods

2. ) intransitive to finally agree to do what someone else wants you to do:

yield to: The sport should not yield to every demand that the television companies make.

a ) intransitive to stop controlling yourself and finally do something that you were trying not to do:

yield to: He paused a moment before yielding to angry resentment.

b ) transitive to give something to someone else:

The following year, control of the industry was yielded to the government.

3. ) intransitive AMERICAN to allow another vehicle to go before you when you are driving

4. ) intransitive FORMAL if something yields when you push or pull it, it moves or bends:

We struggled with the lid, but it wouldn't yield.

,yield `up phrasal verb transitive

to finally allow people to see something that has been hidden:

This latest dig has yielded up over a hundred pieces of fine Roman silverware.

yield

yield 2 [ jild ] noun uncount *

an amount of something that is produced:

increased crop yields produced on some farms

a yield of over 12% on overseas investments