yield
English meaning: Yield
Definition
To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
Example
“The negotiators refused to yield on the central point of the dispute.”
Another example: “This year's harvest produced a record yield of wheat.”
Usage — When, Where & How
A versatile word. As a verb: to give way under pressure ('yield to temptation'), to surrender, or to produce ('the orchard yields fruit'). On road signs (US) 'YIELD' means give way. As a noun: the amount produced ('crop yield', 'bond yield'). Formal-to-neutral.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Old English 'gieldan' (to pay, repay), from Proto-Germanic 'geldana'; the senses 'produce' and 'give way' developed in Middle English.
Synonyms
Antonyms / Opposites
- resist
- withstand
- hold firm
- retain
Related Words
- hectare
- tensile
- fission
- meaningful
- yields
- warhead
- criterion
- tnt
- tonnes
- maturity
Common Collocations
- yield results
- crop yield
- yield to pressure
- high yield
- yield the right of way
- yield a profit
Word Forms
yield (v); yielded; yields; yielding; yield (n)
Word Tools
Tools & Calculators
Maturity = 146,932.81 · Interest earned = 46,932.81
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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