Definitions for yields

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yields yield

Spelling: [yeeld]

IPA: /yild/

Yields is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in yields (deilsy).

Definitions for yields

noun

1. something yielded.
2. the quantity or amount yielded.
3. the act or process of yielding:
4. Chemistry. the quantity of product formed by the interaction of two or more substances, generally expressed as a percentage of the quantity obtained to that theoretically obtainable.
5. the income produced by a financial investment, usually shown as a percentage of cost.
6. a measure of the destructive energy of a nuclear explosion, expressed in kilotons of the amount of TNT that would produce the same destruction.

verb (used with object)

1. to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation:
2. to produce or furnish (payment, profit, or interest):
3. to give up, as to superior power or authority:
4. to give up or surrender (oneself):
5. to give up or over; relinquish or resign:
6. to give as due or required:
7. to cause; give rise to:

verb (used without object)

1. to give a return, as for labor expended; produce; bear.
2. to surrender or submit, as to superior power:
3. to give way to influence, entreaty, argument, or the like:
4. to give place or precedence (usually followed by to):
5. to give way to force, pressure, etc., so as to move, bend, collapse, or the like:

Origin of yields

before 900; (v.) Middle English y(i)elden, Old English g(i)eldan to pay; cognate with German gelten to be worth, apply to; (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the v.

Examples for yields

So you know your destiny; and have nothing to do but to yield to it.

Let her think that your own impulse leads you, and then she will yield.

He wishes me to yield myself fully to Him in heart and life.

This is a largely untapped opportunity that will yield positive returns both in human and financial terms.

He said that only deep and real sympathy for both sides in this conflict would ever yield anything of value.

The plea touched to the bottom of her heart, but she could not, would not yield.

Maybe, just maybe, this approach will yield common ground that can be the foundation to build a bridge to peace.

Were she to yield to evil she would suffer eternal remorse in consequence.

Reprimanding him might yield horrible press for the Army, making our longest war even less popular than it is today.

But the technology, while powerful, is cumbersome and takes anywhere from 12 hours to four days to yield a result.