Yield Definition

yēld
yielded, yielding, yields
verb
yielded, yielding, yields
To give forth by a natural process, especially by cultivation.
A field that yields many bushels of corn.
American Heritage
To produce or bear.
A mine that has yielded poorly.
Webster's New World
To produce.
Webster's New World
To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of.
An investment that yields a high return.
American Heritage
To give up under pressure; surrender.
To yield oneself up to pleasure.
Webster's New World
noun
yields
The act of yielding, or producing.
Webster's New World
The amount yielded or produced; return on labor, investment, taxes, etc.; product.
Webster's New World
A profit obtained from an investment; a return.
American Heritage
The ratio of the annual cash dividends or of the earnings per share of a stock to the market price.
Webster's New World
The force in kilotons or megatons of a nuclear or thermonuclear explosion.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Yield

Noun

Singular:
yield
Plural:
yields

Origin of Yield

  • From Middle English yielden, yelden (“to yield, pay"), from Old English Ä¡ieldan (“to pay"), from Proto-Germanic *geldanÄ… (“to pay"), from Proto-Indo-European *gÊ°eldÊ°- (“to pay"). Cognate with Scots yield (“to yield"), North Frisian jilden (“to pay"), West Frisian jilde (“to pay"), Dutch gelden (“to apply, be count or valued"), German gelten (“to have worth or value, be valid, count"), Icelandic gjalda (“to pay, yield, give").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English ȝeld, from Old English Ä¡ield, from Proto-Germanic *geldÄ… (“reward, gift, money"), from Proto-Indo-European *gÊ°eldÊ°- (“to pay"). Compare West Frisian jild, Dutch geld, Low German and German Geld, Danish gjæld, Swedish gäld, Icelandic gjald. See also geld.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English yielden from Old English geldan to pay

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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