yield
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: agriculture
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Etymology: From Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan (“to pay”), from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Doublet of geld.
The noun is from Middle English ȝeld (“tax, payment”), from Old English ġield (“payment”), from Proto-West Germanic *geld (“payment”), from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots yield (“to yield”), North Frisian jilden (“to pay”), Saterland Frisian jäilde (“to be valid, matter, count, be worth”), West Frisian jilde (“to pay”), Low German gellen, Dutch gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), German gelten (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Danish gælde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Icelandic gjalda (“to pay, yield, give”), Norwegian Bokmål gjelde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjelde, gjelda (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Swedish gälda (“to pay”), gälla (“to apply, be regarded”).
The noun is cognate with West Frisian jild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), Low German and German Geld (“money”), Danish gæld (“debt”), Faroese and Icelandic gjald (“fee, payment”), Norn gild (“payment”), Norwegian gjeld (“debt”), and Swedish gäld (“debt”). See also geld.
Inflected forms:
form: yields
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: yielding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: yielded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: yold
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
past
form: yielded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: yold
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
participle
past
form: yolden
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
participle
past
form: yields
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
pos: verb
examples: This method generally yields better results.
The new variety of potatoes yields 20% more.
The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
[…] We'll visit Caliban, my slave, who never / Yields us kind answer.
Vines yield nectar.
Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed.
gloss: To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
pos: verb
examples: Historically, that security yields a high return.
gloss: To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
pos: verb
examples: Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
gloss: To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
pos: verb
examples: Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-.
gloss: To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: God 'ild [yield] you, sir!
Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, / And the gods yield you for 't.
God yield thee, and God thank ye.
Heaven yield her for it, but in me put force / To weary her ears with one continuous prayer, / Until she let me fly discaged to sweep / In ever-highering eagle-circles up / To the great Sun of Glory, […]
gloss: To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: They refuse to yield to the enemy.
Eventually she stopped arguing and yielded the point.
Won with thy words, & conquered with thy lookes, / I yeeld my ſelfe, my men & horſe to thee: / To be partaker of thy good or ill, / As long as life maintaines Theridimas.
I'll make him yield the crown.
Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.
gloss: To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
pos: verb
tags: US
especially
intransitive
transitive
examples: Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
It is not clear from the road markings who is supposed to yield at the junction.
gloss: To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I put my shoulder into the door, but it did not yield.
One equal temper of heroic hearts, / Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will / To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
⁠For though my nature rarely yields
⁠To that vague fear implied in death;
⁠Nor shudders at the gulfs beneath,
The howlings from forgotten fields; […]
He turned the handle as he spoke, but the door did not yield. We threw ourselves against it. With a crash it burst open, and we almost fell headlong into the room.
gloss: To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The system froze because the buggy program got into an infinite loop and didn't yield.
gloss: To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
pos: verb
gloss: To give up; to surrender or capitulate.
pos: verb
tags: rare
examples: I yield it just, said Adam, and submit.
gloss: A product.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In the case of countries more favoured by climate than Britain their earliest trade with the foreigner which history has to record is usually in the surface products of the earth—in corn or wine, in the yields of the olive-grove or the orchard.
gloss: The quantity of something produced.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.
gloss: The quantity of something produced.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The quantity of something produced.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The quantity of something produced.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The quantity of something produced.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The quantity of something produced.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A yield curve inversion happens when long-term bond yields fall below short-term bond yields. That rarely occurs. Before this month, that section of the yield curve hadn’t inverted since 2007, just before the Great Recession.
When bond yields rise slowly over time, it’s not a problem for pensions deploying LDI strategies, and actually helps their finances.
gloss: The quantity of something produced.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
gloss: yield strength of a material.
pos: noun
tags: countable
material
uncountable
gloss: The situation where a thread relinquishes the processor to allow other threads to execute.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Payment; money; tribute.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dialectal
obsolete
uncountable
Synonyms: submit
capitulate
may imply a compensation with an enemy
to end all resistance because of loss of hope
succumb
because of helplessness and extreme weakness
to the leader of an opposing force
relent
mercy
defer
reverence
affection
give way
surrender
control
or possession of another
cede
give away
to bow
give up
produce
an authority
bear
crops
supply
to make available for use
give in
to trade away
right of yours
crop
fruits
gain
harvest
return
Related words: capitulate
defer
relent
stop
submit
succumb
unrelent
Derived words: ayield
foryield
gainyield
misyield
overyielding
unyielding
upyield
yielder
yielding
yieldly
a bad tree does not yield good apples
dial-a-yield
high dividend yield trap
high-dividend yield trap
high-yield
normalized yield
par yield
sustained yield
yield burning
yield co
yield curve
yield line
yield sign
yield strain
yield strength
yield stress
yield the field
yield the ghost
yield-to-maturity
yield to maturity
yield up
yield up the ghost
yield value
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: отстъпвам
roman: otstǎpvam
lang: Catalan
word: cedir
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 讓步 /让步
roman: ràngbù
lang: Czech
word: dát přednost
lang: Danish
word: give efter
lang: Dutch
word: belonen
lang: Dutch
word: verlenen
lang: Dutch
word: afstaan
lang: Finnish
word: taipua
lang: Finnish
word: antaa tietä
lang: Finnish
word: väistää
lang: French
word: céder
lang: French
word: laisser passer
lang: Georgian
word: დათმობა
roman: datmoba
lang: German
word: nachgeben
lang: German
word: Platz machen
lang: German
word: Vorfahrt gewähren
lang: German
word: vorbeilassen
lang: German
word: gewähren
lang: Ancient Greek
word: παραχωρέω
roman: parakhōréō
lang: Hungarian
word: átenged
lang: Hungarian
word: elsőbbséget ad
lang: Ingrian
word: antiissa
lang: Irish
word: géill slí
lang: Italian
word: cedere
lang: Italian
word: dare la precedenza
lang: Japanese
word: 譲る
roman: yuzuru
lang: Latin
word: cēdō
lang: Latin
word: dēcēdō
lang: Māori
word: ngaeki
lang: Māori
word: tautuku
lang: Māori
word: ngawhere
lang: Norwegian
word: svikte
lang: Norwegian
word: gi etter
lang: Occitan
word: cedir
lang: Old English
word: būgan
lang: Polish
word: ustąpić
lang: Polish
word: ustępować
lang: Portuguese
word: dar preferência
lang: Portuguese
word: ceder passagem
lang: Romanian
word: închina
lang: Romanian
word: ceda trecerea
lang: Russian
word: уступа́ть
roman: ustupátʹ
lang: Slovak
word: podať sa
lang: Slovak
word: pustiť
lang: Slovak
word: ustúpiť
lang: Slovak
word: dať prednosť
lang: Spanish
word: ceder
lang: Spanish
word: ceder el paso
lang: Swedish
word: väja
lang: Turkish
word: sağlamak
lang: Turkish
word: yol vermek
lang: Albanian
word: dorëzoj
lang: Arabic
word: أَجْزَأَ
roman: ʔajzaʔa
lang: Arabic
word: أَجْزَى
roman: ʔajzā
lang: Arabic
word: أَدَرَّ
roman: ʔadarra
lang: Arabic
word: أَغَلَّ
roman: ʔaḡalla
lang: Arabic
word: أَكْسَبَ
roman: ʔaksaba
lang: Arabic
word: أَمَّنَ
roman: ʔammana
lang: Arabic
word: حَقَّقَ
roman: ḥaqqaqa
lang: Arabic
word: دَرَّ
roman: darra
lang: Arabic
word: رَجَعَ بِـ
roman: rajaʕa bi-
lang: Arabic
word: سَحَبَ
roman: saḥaba
lang: Arabic
word: عادَ بِـ
lang: Aramaic
word: ܢܬܠ
roman: netel
lang: Bulgarian
word: предавам се
roman: predavam se
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 降服
roman: xiángfú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 屈服
roman: qūfú
lang: Czech
word: podřídit se
lang: Danish
word: vige
lang: Dutch
word: zwichten
lang: Dutch
word: capituleren
lang: Dutch
word: overgeven
lang: Finnish
word: myöntää
lang: French
word: se rendre
lang: French
word: céder
lang: French
word: capituler
lang: Galician
word: render
lang: German
word: aufgeben
lang: German
word: übergeben
lang: Hungarian
word: enged
lang: Hungarian
word: megadja magát
lang: Hungarian
word: behódol
lang: Hungarian
word: átenged
lang: Hungarian
word: átad
lang: Hungarian
word: lemond
lang: Hungarian
word: felad
lang: Italian
word: cedere
lang: Italian
word: arrendersi
lang: Italian
word: arrendere
lang: Japanese
word: 譲る
roman: yuzuru
lang: Latin
word: obsequor
lang: Norwegian
word: yte
lang: Occitan
word: cedir
lang: Occitan
word: capitular
lang: Occitan
word: plegar
lang: Occitan
word: se rendre
lang: Portuguese
word: ceder
lang: Russian
word: возвраща́ть
roman: vozvraščátʹ
lang: Russian
word: отдава́ть
roman: otdavátʹ
lang: Russian
word: сдава́ться
roman: sdavátʹsja
lang: Spanish
word: ceder
lang: Swedish
word: ge vika
lang: Turkish
word: ürün vermek
lang: Arabic
word: إِفَادَة
roman: ʔifāda
lang: Arabic
word: إِفَادَةٌ مِنْ
roman: ʔifādatun min
lang: Arabic
word: إِنْتاج
roman: ʔintāj
lang: Arabic
word: إِيراد
roman: ʔīrād
lang: Arabic
word: اِسْتِفَادَة
roman: istifāda
lang: Arabic
word: جَدَاء
roman: jadāʔ
lang: Arabic
word: جَدْوَى
roman: jadwā
lang: Arabic
word: جَنًى
roman: janan
lang: Arabic
word: حاصِل
roman: ḥāṣil
lang: Arabic
word: حَصَد
roman: ḥaṣad
lang: Arabic
word: حَصِيدَة
roman: ḥaṣīda
lang: Arabic
word: حَصِيلَة
roman: ḥaṣīla
lang: Arabic
word: حَمْل
roman: ḥaml
lang: Arabic
word: خَرْج
roman: ḵarj
lang: Arabic
word: خَيْر
roman: ḵayr
lang: Arabic
word: دَخْل
roman: daḵl
lang: Arabic
word: رِبْح
roman: ribḥ
lang: Arabic
word: رَيْع
roman: rayʕ
lang: Arabic
word: صَلَاح
roman: ṣalāḥ
lang: Arabic
word: صُلُوح
roman: ṣulūḥ
lang: Arabic
word: طائِل
roman: ṭāʔil
lang: Arabic
word: عائِد
roman: ʕāʔid
lang: Arabic
word: عائِدَة
roman: ʕāʔida
lang: Arabic
word: غَلَّة
roman: ḡalla
lang: Arabic
word: فائِدَة
roman: fāʔida
lang: Arabic
word: كَسْب
roman: kasb
lang: Arabic
word: مُتَحَصِّل
roman: mutaḥaṣṣil
lang: Arabic
word: مُحَصَّلَة
roman: muḥaṣṣala
lang: Arabic
word: مَحْصُول
roman: maḥṣūl
lang: Arabic
word: مَدْخُول
roman: madḵūl
lang: Arabic
word: مُسْتَغَلّ
roman: mustaḡall
lang: Arabic
word: مَصْلَحَة
roman: maṣlaḥa
lang: Arabic
word: مُغَلّ
roman: muḡall
lang: Arabic
word: مُنْتَج
roman: muntaj
lang: Arabic
word: مُنْتَجات
roman: muntajāt
lang: Arabic
word: مَنْتُوج
roman: mantūj
lang: Arabic
word: مَنْفَعَة
roman: manfaʕa
lang: Arabic
word: ناتِج
roman: nātij
lang: Arabic
word: نِتَاج
roman: nitāj
lang: Arabic
word: نَتِيجَة
roman: natīja
lang: Arabic
word: نَفْع
roman: nafʕ
lang: Bulgarian
word: добив
roman: dobiv
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 收成
roman: shōuchéng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 產量 /产量
roman: chǎnliàng
lang: Czech
word: výnos
lang: Czech
word: úroda
lang: Dutch
word: opbrengst
lang: Egyptian
word: A-z:x-T30
roman: ꜣzḫ
lang: Finnish
word: sato
lang: French
word: rendement
lang: Georgian
word: მწარმოებლურობა
roman: mc̣armoebluroba
lang: Georgian
word: ნაყოფიერება
roman: naq̇opiereba
lang: Georgian
word: მოსავალი
roman: mosavali
lang: German
word: Ertrag
lang: German
word: Ausbeute
lang: Hebrew
word: תְּשׂוּאָה
roman: tsuá
lang: Hungarian
word: hozam
lang: Hungarian
word: terméshozam
lang: Hungarian
word: termés
lang: Indonesian
word: hasil
lang: Indonesian
word: rendemen
lang: Italian
word: raccolto
lang: Italian
word: produzione
lang: Japanese
word: 収穫
roman: shūkaku
lang: Japanese
word: 利益
roman: rieki
lang: Latin
word: fructus
lang: Māori
word: hauhakenga
lang: Occitan
word: rendement
lang: Old English
word: æþelu
lang: Polish
word: produkcja
lang: Polish
word: plon
lang: Polish
word: wydajność
lang: Portuguese
word: produção
lang: Portuguese
word: rendimento
lang: Portuguese
word: safra
lang: Russian
word: вы́работка
roman: výrabotka
lang: Russian
word: вы́ход
roman: výxod
lang: Russian
word: урожа́й
roman: urožáj
lang: Russian
word: проду́кция
roman: prodúkcija
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: toradh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: urod
lang: Spanish
word: rendimiento
lang: Swedish
word: utbyte
lang: Telugu
word: దిగుబడి
roman: digubaḍi
lang: Telugu
word: రాబడి
roman: rābaḍi
lang: Thai
word: ผลผลิต
lang: Turkish
word: hâsılât
lang: Turkish
word: kazanç
lang: Turkish
word: rekolte
lang: Turkish
word: kâr
lang: Turkish
word: ürün
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: حاصل
roman: hasıl