Word Meaning

Meaning of yield

- To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.
- To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
- To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.
- To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
- To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
- To give a reward to; to bless.
- To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
- To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
- To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.
- To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
- Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.

Crossword clue for yield

- Bow to the inevitable
- Capitulate
- Cede
- Come to pass
- Concede
- Give in
- Give up and return
- Give up produce
- Give way
- Harvest
- kick back
- Produce
- Relinquish
- Relinquish supply
- Submit
- Succumb
- Surrender
- Surrender the harvest
- Surrender your crops!
- Why deli turned profit
- Youth leader lied about surrender