See Also: yield 1, verb(dictionary)
Redemption yield or maturity yield(finance)
Flat yield or running yield(finance)
Indicated yield(money)
Yield gap(finance)
Yield(money)
Net yield(finance)
Net Yield(money)
yield(2)(dictionary)
Indicated yield(finance)

yield 1, verb (oh)



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1 ?result?
2 ?crops/profits?
3 ?agree unwillingly?
4 ?traffic?
5 ?move/bend/break?
6 ?give up fighting?
Phrasal verbs
yield to something
yield something ¡û¡ú up
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[Language: Old English; Origin: gieldan]
?RESULT?
[T] to produce a result, answer, or piece of information
::Our research has only recently begun to yield important results .
?CROPS/PROFITS?
[T] to produce crops, profits etc
::Each of these oilfields could yield billions of barrels of oil.
::The tourist industry yielded an estimated $2.25 billion for the state last year.
::These investments should yield a reasonable return .
high-yielding/low-yielding
::high-yielding crops
?AGREE UNWILLINGLY?
[I and T] to allow yourself to be forced or persuaded to do something or stop having something
::The military has promised to yield power.
yield to
::The hijackers refuse to yield to demands to release the passengers.
::Further action may be necessary if the leaders do not yield to diplomatic pressure .
::Finally she yielded to temptation and helped herself to a large slice of cake.
?TRAFFIC?
[I] AmE to allow other traffic on a bigger road to go first
British Equivalent: give wayyield to
::Yield to traffic on the left.
?MOVE/BEND/BREAK?
[I] to move, bend, or break because of physical force or pressure
-synonym give give
::Ideally, the surface should yield slightly under pressure.
?GIVE UP FIGHTING?
[I] literary to stop fighting and accept defeat
-synonym surrender surrender
yield to [yield to sth] phr v
if one thing yields to another, it is replaced by that thing
-synonym give way to something give way to something
::Laughter quickly yielded to amazement as the show went on.
yield up [yield sth ¡û¡ú up] phr v
to show or produce something that was hidden or difficult to find, or that people did not know about
-synonym throw up throw up
::New research has yielded up some surprising discoveries.
BrE formal to give something that belongs to you to someone else, because you are forced to
-synonym surrender surrender
::He would never yield up the castle to the English.