From Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan (“to pay”), from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Doublet of geld.
The noun is from Middle English ȝeld (“tax, payment”), from Old English ġield (“payment”), from Proto-West Germanic *geld (“payment”), from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots yield (“to yield”), North Frisian jilden (“to pay”), Saterland Frisian jäilde (“to be valid, matter, count, be worth”), West Frisian jilde (“to pay”), Low German gellen, Dutch gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), German gelten (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Danish gælde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Icelandic gjalda (“to pay, yield, give”), Norwegian Bokmål gjelde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjelde, gjelda (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Swedish gälda (“to pay”), gälla (“to apply, be regarded”).
The noun is cognate with West Frisian jild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), Low German and German Geld (“money”), Danish gæld (“debt”), Faroese and Icelandic gjald (“fee, payment”), Norn gild (“payment”), Norwegian gjeld (“debt”), and Swedish gäld (“debt”). See also geld.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A product.
In the case of countries more favoured by climate than Britain their earliest trade with the foreigner which history has to record is usually in the surface products of the earth—in corn or wine, in the yields of the olive-grove or the orchard. 1902, Traill, H. D.; Mann, James Saumarez, Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day, page lxxxviii:
(countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced. ▸ Measurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land.
Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.
(countable, qualifier:fishery, uncountable) The quantity of something produced. ▸ The harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.
(countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced. ▸ The amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction.
(countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced. ▸ The volume of water escaping from a spring.
(countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced. ▸ The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuclear weapon, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.
(countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced. ▸ Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
When bond yields rise slowly over time, it’s not a problem for pensions deploying LDI strategies, and actually helps their finances. 2022 October 8, Julia Horowitz, “How meltdown in a $1 trillion market brought the UK to the brink of a financial crisis”, in CNN Business:
A yield curve inversion happens when long-term bond yields fall below short-term bond yields. That rarely occurs. Before this month, that section of the yield curve hadn’t inverted since 2007, just before the Great Recession. 2019 August 22, “What is the yield curve and why it matters”, in CNN Business:
(countable, uncountable) The quantity of something produced. ▸ The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return. 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020, page 68:
(countable, material, uncountable) yield strength of a material.
(countable, uncountable) The situation where a thread relinquishes the processor to allow other threads to execute.
gl xuros (profit from an investment) · ar جَدَاء (quantity of something produced) · ar مَنْتُوج (quantity of something produced) · cs úroda (quantity of something produced) · oc rendement (quantity of something produced) · pl produkcja (quantity of something produced) · ar حَمْل (quantity of something produced) · mi hauhakenga (quantity of something produced) · egy A-z:x-T30 (quantity of something produced) · ar طائِل (quantity of something produced) · pt safra (quantity of something produced) · ar إِفَادَةٌ مِنْ (quantity of something produced) · ar حَصِيلَة (quantity of something produced) · fi tuotto (current return) · ar مُتَحَصِّل (quantity of something produced) · pl plon (quantity of something produced) · es rendimiento (quantity of something produced) · ar مَحْصُول (quantity of something produced) · sh urod (quantity of something produced) · hu hozadék (profit from an investment) · fi sato (quantity of something produced) · ja 収穫 (quantity of something produced) · ar إِفَادَة (quantity of something produced) · ar صَلَاح (quantity of something produced) · hu terméshozam (quantity of something produced) · bg добив (quantity of something produced) · tr hâsılât (quantity of something produced) · it raccolto (quantity of something produced) · ru вы́работка (quantity of something produced) · id rendemen (quantity of something produced) · no avkastning (profit from an investment) · ar نَتِيجَة (quantity of something produced) · hu termés (quantity of something produced) · de Ertrag (quantity of something produced) · te రాబడి (quantity of something produced) · bg доходност (profit from an investment) · ar نَفْع (quantity of something produced) · hu hozam (quantity of something produced) · ar مَصْلَحَة (quantity of something produced) · tr ürün (quantity of something produced) · ar عائِد (quantity of something produced) · cmn 收成 (quantity of something produced) · pl wydajność (quantity of something produced) · tr rekolte (quantity of something produced) · ka მოსავალი (quantity of something produced) · th ผลผลิต (quantity of something produced) · pt rendimento (quantity of something produced) · hu hozam (profit from an investment) · tr kâr (quantity of something produced) · ar حَصَد (quantity of something produced) · la reditus (profit from an investment) · ota حاصل (quantity of something produced) · ar اِسْتِفَادَة (quantity of something produced) · ar مُنْتَجات (quantity of something produced) · ar ناتِج (quantity of something produced) · ar مُنْتَج (quantity of something produced) · ar مَدْخُول (quantity of something produced) · ar إِيراد (quantity of something produced) · ar حَصِيدَة (quantity of something produced) · ar مُغَلّ (quantity of something produced) · ar حاصِل (quantity of something produced) · ar غَلَّة (quantity of something produced) · ar دَخْل (quantity of something produced) · ja 利益 (quantity of something produced) · it produzione (quantity of something produced) · ar كَسْب (quantity of something produced) · ar مَنْفَعَة (quantity of something produced) · ang æþelu (quantity of something produced) · fi tuotto (profit from an investment) · ar خَرْج (quantity of something produced) · ar مُسْتَغَلّ (quantity of something produced) · ru вы́ход (quantity of something produced) · ar عائِدَة (quantity of something produced) · la fructus (quantity of something produced) · ar رِبْح (quantity of something produced) · ar جَنًى (quantity of something produced) · ar صُلُوح (quantity of something produced) · ru проду́кция (quantity of something produced) · ar جَدْوَى (quantity of something produced) · de Ausbeute (quantity of something produced) · fr rendement (quantity of something produced) · sv utbyte (quantity of something produced) · pt produção (quantity of something produced) · cs výnos (quantity of something produced) · ar خَيْر (quantity of something produced) · ar إِنْتاج (quantity of something produced) · id hasil (quantity of something produced) · ka ნაყოფიერება (quantity of something produced) · ar رَيْع (quantity of something produced) · nl opbrengst (quantity of something produced) · ar فائِدَة (quantity of something produced) · ar نِتَاج (quantity of something produced) · cmn 產量 /产量 (quantity of something produced) · gd toradh (quantity of something produced) · es rendimiento (profit from an investment) · ka მწარმოებლურობა (quantity of something produced) · ru урожа́й (quantity of something produced) · tr kazanç (quantity of something produced) · pt yield (current return) · he תְּשׂוּאָה (quantity of something produced) · te దిగుబడి (quantity of something produced) · ar مُحَصَّلَة (quantity of something produced)
From Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan (“to pay”), from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Doublet of geld.
The noun is from Middle English ȝeld (“tax, payment”), from Old English ġield (“payment”), from Proto-West Germanic *geld (“payment”), from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots yield (“to yield”), North Frisian jilden (“to pay”), Saterland Frisian jäilde (“to be valid, matter, count, be worth”), West Frisian jilde (“to pay”), Low German gellen, Dutch gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), German gelten (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Danish gælde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Icelandic gjalda (“to pay, yield, give”), Norwegian Bokmål gjelde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjelde, gjelda (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Swedish gälda (“to pay”), gälla (“to apply, be regarded”).
The noun is cognate with West Frisian jild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), Low German and German Geld (“money”), Danish gæld (“debt”), Faroese and Icelandic gjald (“fee, payment”), Norn gild (“payment”), Norwegian gjeld (“debt”), and Swedish gäld (“debt”). See also geld.
Meanings
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 24:5:
[…] We'll visit Caliban, my slave, who never / Yields us kind answer. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
Vines yield nectar. 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Data Discs Codex entry:
This method generally yields better results.
The new variety of potatoes yields 20% more.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render. ▸ To produce as return from an investment.
Historically, that security yields a high return.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render. ▸ To produce as a result.
Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render. ▸ To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-.
(obsolete) To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render. ▸ To give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, / And the gods yield you for 't. c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
God yield thee, and God thank ye. 1623 January 5 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Spanish Curat”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene v:
Heaven yield her for it, but in me put force / To weary her ears with one continuous prayer, / Until she let me fly discaged to sweep / In ever-highering eagle-circles up / To the great Sun of Glory, […] 1874, Alfred Tennyson, “Gareth and Lynette”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; V), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], →OCLC, page 38:
God 'ild [yield] you, sir! c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
(intransitive, transitive) To give up; to surrender or capitulate. ▸ To give as demanded; to relinquish.
They refuse to yield to the enemy.
Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame. 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
Eventually she stopped arguing and yielded the point.
I'll make him yield the crown. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
Won with thy words, & conquered with thy lookes, / I yeeld my ſelfe, my men & horſe to thee: / To be partaker of thy good or ill, / As long as life maintaines Theridimas. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
(US, especially, intransitive, transitive) To give up; to surrender or capitulate. ▸ To give way so as to allow another to pass first.
Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
It is not clear from the road markings who is supposed to yield at the junction.
(intransitive) To give up; to surrender or capitulate. ▸ To give way under force; to succumb to a force.
I put my shoulder into the door, but it did not yield.
He turned the handle as he spoke, but the door did not yield. We threw ourselves against it. With a crash it burst open, and we almost fell headlong into the room. 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC:
For though my nature rarely yields
To that vague fear implied in death;
Nor shudders at the gulfs beneath,
The howlings from forgotten fields; […] 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XL”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 62:
One equal temper of heroic hearts, / Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will / To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. 1833 October 20 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “Ulysses”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 91:
(intransitive) To give up; to surrender or capitulate. ▸ Of a running thread or process: to give control back to the parent program or operating system so that other threads or processes can be allowed to run.
The system froze because the buggy program got into an infinite loop and didn't yield.
(of a material specimen, qualifier:materials science) To give up; to surrender or capitulate. ▸ To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
(rare) To give up; to surrender or capitulate. ▸ To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
hu elsőbbséget ad (to give way) · ru приводи́ть к (to produce as return) · ru отдава́ть (to give as required) · ka დათმობა (to give way) · es producir (to produce as a result) · ru приводи́ть к (to produce as a result) · la pariō (to produce as a result) · de bringen (to produce as return) · de Platz machen (to give way) · nl voortbrengen (to produce as a result) · bg раждам (to produce as return) · tl maghatag (to produce as a result) · de übergeben (to give as required) · ca rendir (to produce as return) · fi myöntää (to give as required) · hu átenged (to give way) · it cedere (to give way) · ja 譲る (to give as required) · sv väja (to give way) · io produktar (to produce as return) · es dar (to produce as return) · hu ad (to produce as return) · fi taipua (to give way) · ru производи́ть (to produce as return) · es ceder (to give as required) · ka მიღება (to produce as return) · ru сдава́ться (to give as required) · mi ngaeki (to give way) · de Vorfahrt gewähren (to give way) · pt resultar (to produce as return) · gl render (to give as required) · da vige (to give as required) · nl zwichten (to give as required) · es rendir (to produce as return) · hu jövedelmez (to produce as return) · ca produir (to produce as return) · hu megadja magát (to give as required) · it arrendersi (to give as required) · fr céder (to give way) · es proporcionar (to produce as return) · hu hoz (to produce as return) · ar أَكْسَبَ (to give as required) · bg предавам се (to give as required) · la cēdō (to give way) · ar سَحَبَ (to give as required) · io rentifar (to produce as return) · nl verlenen (to give way) · pl ustąpić (to give way) · hu lemond (to give as required) · nl overgeven (to give as required) · cs přinést výsledky (to produce as a result) · es ceder (to give way) · es brindar (to produce as return) · no yte (to give as required) · de ergeben (to produce as a result) · wyi woort tanoo (to produce as return) · ang būgan (to give way) · ar رَجَعَ بِـ (to give as required) · nl capituleren (to give as required) · ro închina (to give way) · fr laisser passer (to give way) · hu átenged (to give as required) · sk ustúpiť (to give way) · ro ceda trecerea (to give way) · pl dawać (to produce as a result) · ko 생산하다 (to produce as return) · hu terem (to produce as return) · es render (to produce as return) · oc dar (to produce as return) · ja もたらす (to produce as return) · ar عادَ بِـ (to give as required) · hu behódol (to give as required) · ca generar (to produce as return) · gl render (to produce as return) · da give (to produce as return) · de vorbeilassen (to give way) · fr rapporter (to produce as return) · ar حَقَّقَ (to give as required) · oc donar (to produce as return) · ar دَرَّ (to give as required) · cmn 產生 /产生 (to produce as return) · nl belonen (to give way) · es dar (to produce as a result) · no multiplisere (to produce as return) · pt ceder (to give as required) · it restituire (to produce as return) · ru дава́ть (to produce as return) · da give efter (to give way) · syc ܢܬܠ (to give as required) · ar أَدَرَّ (to give as required) · no resultere i (to produce as a result) · sv ge (to produce as a result) · ar أَجْزَأَ (to give as required) · fi tuottaa (to produce as a result) · mi tautuku (to give way) · oc capitular (to give as required) · tr sağlamak (to give way) · cs dát přednost (to give way) · ka წარმოება (to produce as return) · cs podřídit se (to give as required) · fi väistää (to give way) · bg давам (to produce as a result) · oc raportar (to produce as return) · es producir (to produce as return) · oc cedir (to give way) · oc se rendre (to give as required) · izh antiissa (to give way) · ja 譲る (to give way) · ca retre (to produce as return) · tl maghatag (to produce as return) · ru результироваться (to produce as a result) · it cedere (to give as required) · de gewähren (to give way) · ca donar (to produce as a result) · it dare la precedenza (to give way) · fr se rendre (to give as required) · oc plegar (to give as required) · mi ngawhere (to give way) · da resultere i (to produce as a result) · eo cedi (to give way) · bg нося (to produce as a result) · fi tuottaa (to produce as return) · es generar (to produce as return) · de nachgeben (to give way) · cs vynést (to produce as return) · ja になり (to produce as a result) · pl ustępować (to give way) · fr capituler (to give as required) · cmn 屈服 (to give as required) · bg отстъпвам (to give way) · de (Ertrag) abwerfen (to produce as return) · ru уступа́ть (to give way) · es rentar (to produce as return) · pt ceder passagem (to give way) · oc cedir (to give as required) · es redituar (to produce as return) · fr retourner (to produce as return) · ar أَغَلَّ (to give as required) · sv ge vika (to give as required) · pt resultar (to produce as a result) · sk pustiť (to give way) · fr céder (to give as required) · sv ge (to produce as return) · cmn 產量 /产量 (to produce as return) · tr yol vermek (to give way) · hu átad (to give as required) · oc rendre (to produce as return) · es arrojar (to produce as a result) · de aufgeben (to give as required) · hu enged (to give as required) · ga géill slí (to give way) · fi antaa tietä (to give way) · la obsequor (to give as required) · no svikte (to give way) · hu ad (to produce as a result) · it produrre (to produce as a result) · grc παραχωρέω (to give way) · cmn 讓步 /让步 (to give way) · cmn 得出 (to produce as a result) · ar أَجْزَى (to give as required) · ca cedir (to give way) · es presentar (to produce as a result) · no gi etter (to give way) · ja となる (to produce as a result) · es ceder el paso (to give way) · hu eredményez (to produce as a result) · nl afstaan (to give way) · fr retourner (to produce as a result) · sq dorëzoj (to give as required) · ru возвраща́ть (to give as required) · it arrendere (to give as required) · sk dať prednosť (to give way) · sk podať sa (to give way) · hu felad (to give as required) · cmn 降服 (to give as required) · de erbringen (to produce as return) · tr ürün vermek (to give as required) · ar أَمَّنَ (to give as required) · la dēcēdō (to give way) · pt dar preferência (to give way) · es arrojar (to produce as return) · bg произвеждам (to produce as return)