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Definition of Yield
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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. Related Definitions:
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Yield Quotations
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation. Oscar Wilde Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. Oscar Wilde If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour? Thomas Jefferson The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. Thomas Jefferson Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. Jack Kerouac |
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Yield Translations
yield in Dutch is het veld ruimen, afstaan yield in French is rends, produit, rendement, rendons, rendent yield in German is Ertrag, Ausbeute {f}, Gewinn, Ertrag {m} yield in Italian is cedere, lavoro, prodotto yield in Latin is proventus, concedo, cedo cessi cessum yield in Norwegian is ytelse, yte, utbytte, gi yield in Portuguese is rendimento yield in Spanish is potencia, rendir, ceder, fruto, rentar yield in Swedish is ge efter, inbringa, avkastning, vika sig |
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