Meaning & Definition of Yield in English

1. Production of a certain amount

2. The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• "The average return was about 5%"

3. An amount of a product

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"

1. Be the cause or source of

• "He gave me a lot of trouble"

• "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

2. End resistance, as under pressure or force

• "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

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"

4. Give over

• Surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

5. Give in, as to influence or pressure

6. Move in order to make room for someone for something

• "The park gave way to a supermarket"

• "`move over,' he told the crowd"

7. Cause to happen or be responsible for

• "His two singles gave the team the victory"

8. Be willing to concede

• "I grant you this much"

9. Be fatally overwhelmed

10. Bring in

• "Interest-bearing accounts"

• "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"

11. Be flexible under stress of physical force

• "This material doesn't give"

12. Cease opposition

• Stop fighting

13. Consent reluctantly