yield Definition

yield
verb yielded, yielding

1. To produce (an animal product such as meat or milk, or a crop).

Thesaurus: produce, bear, bring forth, give.
2. finance.
To give or produce (interest, etc).
Example: Shares yield dividends
Thesaurus: produce, bear, profit, return, bring in, sell for, pay.
3. To produce (a specified quantity of a natural or financial product).
tr & intr
4. To give up or give in; to surrender.

Thesaurus: surrender, succumb, capitulate, give up, give in, knuckle under, cry uncle (US slang), submit, concede; quit, throw in the towel, resign, abdicate; Antonym: resist.
intr
5. To break or give way under force or pressure.

noun

1. The amount produced.
2. The total amount of a product produced by an animal or plant, or harvested from a certain area of cultivated land.

Thesaurus: harvest, crop, produce.
3. finance.
The return from an investment or tax.
Thesaurus: profit, earnings, income, return, revenue, output, proceeds.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon gieldan to pay.