yield

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  1. transitive verb To give forth by or as if by a natural process, especially by cultivation: a field that yields many bushels of corn.
  2. transitive verb To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of: an investment that yields high percentages.
  3. transitive verb To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender.
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  • Spring barleys on light land have had a tough time after dry conditions three weeks ago, and I am sure that their yield will be affected - but they look clean. —  FWi - All News
  • First when you talked about your new market yield, you said that it was very similar to mid last year, can you quantify that number please how that compares with your current portfolio yield which is, I think, the supplement is like 4.9 or —  Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • Cooking time does not include the time to cook the rice and the yield is a guess. -- posted by —  Random feeds from Syndic8.com
  • Cramer would wait until Home Depot drops to $22.50 and the yield is at 4\%. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • The dividend is $3.48 a share but the yield is also close to six per cent. —  CANOE Money
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  1. Middle English yielden, from Old English geldan, to pay.

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  1. Early modern English also yeeld; from Middle English yelden, ʒelden (preterit yald, yolde, past participle yolden, ʒolden), from Anglo-Saxon geldan, gildan, gyldan, gieldan (preterit geald, plural guldon, past participle golden), give up, pay, yield, restore, = Old Saxon geldan = OFries. jelda = Dutch gelden = Old High German geltan, Middle High German G. gelten = Icelandic gjalda = Swedish gälla = Danish gjelde, be worth, be of consequence, avail, = Gothic (Moesogothic) *gildan, in comp. fragildan (= Anglo-Saxon forgeldan), pay back, usgildan (= Anglo-Saxon āgeldan), pay back. Cf. Lithuanian galeti, be able, have power; Welsh gallu, be able. Hence ult. gild, guilt.
  2. Early modern English also yeeld; from Middle English yeld, ʒeld, ʒielde, ʒild, from Anglo-Saxon geld, gield, gild, payment, = Old Saxon geld = OFries. jeld = Old High German Middle High German gelt, payment, money, German geld, money, = Icelandic gjald, payment, etc.; from the verb: see yield, v., and cf. gild, gelt.
 

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