yield

/ˈyēld/

Middle English, from Old English gieldan; akin to Old High German geltan to pay

verb

  1. to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation

  2. to produce or furnish as return

  3. to produce as return from an expenditure or investment : furnish as profit or interest

the tree always yields good fruit

this soil should yield good crops

yield submit capitulate succumb relent defer mean to give way to someone or something that one can no longer resist. yield may apply to any sort or degree of giving way before force, argument, persuasion, or entreaty. submit suggests full surrendering after resistance or conflict to the will or control of another.

noun

  1. something yielded : product; especially : the amount or quantity produced or returned

  2. the capacity of yielding produce

noun

  1. production of a biological resource (such as timber or fish) under management procedures which ensure replacement of the part harvested by regrowth or reproduction before another harvest occurs