Yield
Definition of Yield
| v. t. | 1. | | | 1. | To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent. | | 2. | To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. | | 3. | To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc. | | 4. | To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. | | 5. | To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage. | | 6. | To give a reward to; to bless. | | v. i. | 1. | To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb. | | 2. | To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request. | | 3. | To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded. | | 4. | To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing. | | n. | 1. | Amount yielded; product; - applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. |
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