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yield

/jiːld/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
  2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
  3. To give way; to allow another to pass first.
  4. To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
  5. To give, or give forth, (anything).
  6. To give way; to succumb to a force.
  7. Payment; tribute.
  8. A product; the quantity of something produced.
  9. The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
  10. Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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