yield by Collins

  1. 1) verb, to give forth or supply (a product, result, etc), esp by cultivation, labour, etc; produce or bear
  2. 2) verb, to furnish as a return
  3. 3) verb, to surrender or relinquish, esp as a result of force, persuasion, etc
  4. 4) verb, to give way, submit, or surrender, as through force or persuasion
  5. 5) verb, to agree; comply; assent
  6. 6) verb, to grant or allow; concede
  7. 7) verb, to pay or repay
  8. 8) noun, the result, product, or amount yielded
  9. 9) noun, the profit or return, as from an investment or tax
  10. 10) noun, the annual income provided by an investment, usually expressed as a percentage of its cost or of its current value
  11. 11) noun, the energy released by the explosion of a nuclear weapon expressed in terms of the amount of TNT necessary to produce the same energy
  12. 12) noun, chem the quantity of a specified product obtained in a reaction or series of reactions, usually expressed as a percentage of the quantity that is theoretically obtainable

Etymology

Old English gieldan; related to Old Frisian jelda, Old High German geltan, Old Norse gjalda, Gothic gildan


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