Yield

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 2 Verb 3 Noun 3.1 Synonyms 3.2 Derived Words 3.3 Related words

English

Etymology

'From' Middle English, from Old English gieldan; akin to Old High German geltan, meaning "to pay"

Verb

yield

1. To give way; to allow another to pass first
2. Reward
3. To compensate
4. To give as required; to surrender or relinquish
5. For a natural thing, such as a crop to make and bear a natural product
6. To produce as return, as from an investment
7. To be succeded by someone at a legislative assembly

Noun

yield

1. A product; the quantity of something produced
2. A compensation

Synonyms

• submit - To fully surrender
• capitulate - To end all resistance, may imply a compensation with an enemy or to end all resistance because of loss of hope
• succumb - To fully surender because of helplessness and extream weakness to the leader of an opposing force
• relent - A yielding because of pity or mercy
• defer - A voluntary submitting out of respect, reverence or affection

Derived Words

• sustained yield

Related words

• relent
• unrelent
• succumb
• capitulate
• submit
• stop
• defer