Yield - Definition

n 1: production of a certain amount [syn: output, yield]
2: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the
sale of land or other property; "the average return was about
5%" [syn: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds,
yield, payoff]
3: an amount of a product [syn: yield, fruit]
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" [syn: output, yield, production]
v 1: be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble";
"Our meeting afforded much interesting information" [syn:
yield, give, afford]
2: end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded
to repeated blows with a battering ram" [syn: give way,
yield]
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" [syn: render, yield,
return, give, generate]
4: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of
another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
5: give in, as to influence or pressure [syn: yield, relent,
soften] [ant: remain firm, stand]
6: move in order to make room for someone for something; "The
park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the
crowd" [syn: move over, give way, give, ease up,
yield]
7: cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave
the team the victory" [syn: give, yield]
8: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn:
concede, yield, grant]
9: be fatally overwhelmed [syn: succumb, yield] [ant: come
through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive]
10: bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this
savings certificate pay annually?" [syn: yield, pay,
bear]
11: be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material
doesn't give" [syn: give, yield]
12: cease opposition; stop fighting
13: consent reluctantly [syn: yield, give in, succumb,
knuckle under, buckle under]