transitive verb
- to produce; specif.,
- to give or furnish as a natural process or as the result of cultivation: an orchard that yielded a good crop
- to give in return; produce as a result, profit, etc.: an investment that yielded high profits
- to give up under pressure; surrender: sometimes used reflexively with up: to yield oneself up to pleasure
- to give; concede; grant: to yield the right of way, to yield a point
- Archaic to pay; recompense
Origin:
ME yelden < OE gieldan, to pay, give, akin to Ger gelten, to be worth < IE base *ghel-tō, (I) give, pay