yields

From WikiWord, the free dictionary

English

Definitions

verb

To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
To give way; to allow another to pass first.“Yield the right of way to pedestrians.”
To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.“They refuse to yield to the enemy.”

noun

Payment; tribute.
A product; the quantity of something produced.“Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.”
The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.

Related words

Synonyms

bear capitulate cede defer give in give up give way produce relent submit succumb supply surrender trade away crop fruits gain harvest

Associated

hectare feudalism yield equation acre athletes approximation wines grape polynomial grapes

Rhymes

wields battlefields goldfields minefields brownfields cornfields windshields airfields outfields backfields

References