yield

yield · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To produce or provide a result, product, or profit.

  2. 2.

    To give way to pressure, demands, or arguments.

  3. 3.

    To give right of way to traffic.

  4. 4.

    [as noun]The amount produced; the return on an investment.

Related words

Antonyms: resist, withhold

Etymology

From Old English gieldan ("to pay, give, reward"), from Proto-Germanic geldaną.