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noun 
  1. A product; the quantity of something produced
Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high of fruit.
verb (yields, yielding, yielded, yielded or rarely yolden)
  1. To give way; to allow another to pass first
Yield the right of way to pedestrians.
  1. To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
They refuse to to the enemy.
  1. To produce as return, as from an investment
Historically, that security yields a high return.
  1. The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
  2. To produce as a result.
Completing the mathematics correctly yields a result of five.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: zwichten
  • French: rapporter
    (trans-mid)
  • German: ergeben
  • Spanish: ceder
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, to produce as return)
Etymology: Via , from Äieldan


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