yield

What crops produce

Yield has many meanings as a verb, most of which involve the idea of producing, or of change of possession.

If an experiment or analysis yields results, it produces something that is useful and wanted.

An investment that yields a return earns money for the investor.

When you yield to someone, you give them precedence, either by letting them go first or letting them have their way.

The yield of something is the quantity that it gives back.

The yield of a crop is how much is harvested, for example, per acre.

The yield of an investment is how much it earns.

surrender

capitulate

Yield under pressure

  • submitPresent for consideration
  • acquiesceSubmit without protest
  • cedeFormally surrender possession

relinquish · concede · succumb · defer · resign · abandon · waive · forego · abdicate · bow

produce

generate

Cause to come into being

supply · result · furnish · create · bear · bring forth · afford · render · give · emit

harvest

reap

Gather a crop

tons · output · production · abundance · bounty · gather · cultivate · produce · sow · orchard

financial

interest

Attention, stake, or fee

  • dividendCorporate profit share
  • profitGain exceeding expenditure
  • gainPositive return received

revenue · investment · capital · stock · bond · portfolio · annuity · payout · earnings · rate

traffic

stop

Cease all motion

sign · caution · warning · regulatory · highway · crosswalk · oncoming · drivers · priority · junction

Categories
Opposites
resistance/submission

yieldresist

Oppose or refuse compliance

withstand · defy · stand firm · oppose · hold out

production/output

yieldconsume

Take in fully

deplete · drain · use up · cost · exhaust

traffic/right-of-way

yieldproceed

Move forward, continue

go · advance · push through · cut off

Phrases
Family

yielding, unyielding, yielded, yieldeth, yields, yield sign, yield signs

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