Definition of 'yield'

Noun

1. production of a certain amount
      Synonyms: output
2. an amount of a product
      Synonyms: fruit
3. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
      Synonyms: return issue take takings proceeds payoff
4. the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"
      Synonyms: output production

Verb

1. be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
      Synonyms: give afford
2. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
      Synonyms: give way
3. give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
      Synonyms: render return give generate
4. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
      Synonyms: concede cede grant
5. give in, as to influence or pressure
      Synonyms: relent soften
      Antonyms: stand remain firm
6. move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
      Synonyms: move over give way give ease up
7. cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory"
      Synonyms: give
8. be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"
      Synonyms: concede grant
9. be fatally overwhelmed
      Synonyms: succumb
      Antonyms: survive pull through pull round come through make it
10. bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
       Synonyms: pay bear
11. be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give"
       Synonyms: give
12. cease opposition; stop fighting
13. consent reluctantly
       Synonyms: give in succumb knuckle under buckle under

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