yield
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Is yield a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.Examples: "Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7."Synonyms: furnish, afford, give forth
2. To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.Examples: "Indo-European p- yields Germanic f-."Synonyms: furnish, afford, give forth
3. To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.Examples: "God 'ild [yield] you, sir!"; "Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, / And the gods yield you for 't."; "God yield thee, and God thank ye."Synonyms: furnish, afford, give forthobsolete
4. To give up; to surrender or capitulate.Examples: "They refuse to yield to the enemy."; "Eventually she stopped arguing and yielded the point."; "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."intransitivetransitive
5. To give up; to surrender or capitulate.Examples: "Yield the right of way to pedestrians."; "It is not clear from the road markings who is supposed to yield at the junction."USespeciallyintransitivetransitive
6. To give up; to surrender or capitulate.Examples: "I put my shoulder into the door, but it did not yield."; "For though my nature rarely yields To that vague fear implied in death; Nor shudders at the gulfs beneath, The howlings from forgotten fields; […]"; "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."intransitive
noun (English)
1. The quantity of something produced.Examples: "Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit."countableuncountable
2. The quantity of something produced.countableuncountable
3. The quantity of something produced.countableuncountable
4. The quantity of something produced.countableuncountable
5. The quantity of something produced.Examples: "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."; "When bond yields rise slowly over time, it’s not a problem for pensions deploying LDI strategies, and actually helps their finances."countableuncountable
6. The quantity of something produced.Examples: "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."countableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary