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yield

17 definitions • 27 examples
1
to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information:

Examples:

an attempt to yield increased profits
Favourable weather yielded a good crop.
2
to give up the control of or responsibility for something, often because you have been forced to:

Examples:

They were forced to yield (up) their land to the occupying forces.
Despite renewed pressure to give up the occupied territory, they will not yield.
3
to bend or break under pressure:

Examples:

His legs began to yield under the sheer weight of his body.
4
to stop in order to allow other vehicles to go past, especially before you drive onto a bigger road:

Examples:

If you're going downhill, you need to yield to bikers going uphill.
5
an amount of something positive, such as food or profit, that is produced or supplied:

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6
to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food, or information:

Examples:

Some mutual funds are currently yielding 15% on new money invested.
7
If something yields information, it provides it:

Examples:

A letter found by the FBI last week may yield new clues.
8
to give up the control of or responsibility for something, often because you have been forced to:

Examples:

[ T ] to yield power
9
If you yield to something, you accept that you have been defeated by it:

Examples:

[ I ] It’s easy to yield to the temptation to borrow a lot of money.
10
To yield to traffic coming from another direction is to wait and allow it to go first.
11
a profit or an amount esp. of a crop produced:

Examples:

Over the past 50 years, crop yields have risen steadily in the US.
12

Examples:

The bond's yield fell to 6.09%.
high/low yield These securities are speculative and may involve greater risks and have higher yields.
an increase/reduction in yield The payout on a 25-year policy is reduced to £100,271, which represents a reduction in yield from 13.3% to 13%.
a 30-day/30-year yield
13
the total amount of a crop, product, etc. that is produced or supplied:

Examples:

Over a 15-year period, the average yield of dairy cows in the UK had increased by 34%.
14
the average amount of money that an airline receives from each passenger for each mile they travel or that a hotel receives from each guest for each night they stay:

Examples:

Yield management is not really new to hoteliers, since identical rooms have been sold for higher prices during high season and for lower prices during low season for generations.
15
to supply or produce a profit, income, etc.:

Examples:

The stake, analysts say, could yield $700m a year in revenue.
British shares currently yield 3.3%.
yield profit/returns Even the most unglamorous sectors of the market can yield big returns.
16
to supply or produce a crop, product, etc.:

Examples:

Oil fields and reserves are yielding more oil than had been thought possible, because of technological advances.

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