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yield — vb 1 produce, turn out, *bear Analogous words: *generate, engender, breed, propagate: create, *invent: form, shape, *make, fabricate, fashion 2 *relinqui … New Dictionary of Synonyms
yield — [yēld] vt. [ME yelden < OE gieldan, to pay, give, akin to Ger gelten, to be worth < IE base * ghel tō, (I) give, pay] 1. to produce; specif., a) to give or furnish as a natural process or as the result of cultivation [an orchard that… … English World dictionary
yield — [[t]jɪ͟əld[/t]] ♦♦♦ yields, yielding, yielded 1) VERB If you yield to someone or something, you stop resisting them. [FORMAL] [V to n] Carmen yielded to general pressure and grudgingly took the child to a specialist... [V to n] I yielded to an… … English dictionary
yield — I UK [jiːld] / US [jɪld] verb Word forms yield : present tense I/you/we/they yield he/she/it yields present participle yielding past tense yielded past participle yielded ** 1) [transitive] to produce something useful such as information or… … English dictionary
yield — yield1 [ jild ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to produce something useful such as information or evidence: Knowing about our past does not automatically yield solutions to our current problems. yield results/benefits: The search for truth is beginning… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
yield — yield1 [ji:ld] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(result)¦ 2¦(crops/profits)¦ 3¦(agree unwillingly)¦ 4¦(traffic)¦ 5¦(move/bend/break)¦ 6¦(give up fighting)¦ Phrasal verbs yield to something yield something<=>up ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin … Dictionary of contemporary English
yield — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gieldan; akin to Old High German geltan to pay Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. archaic recompense, reward 2. to give or render as fitting, rightfully owed, or required 3. to give up … New Collegiate Dictionary
yield — [jiːld] verb I 1) [T] to produce something We re hoping the farm will yield a big harvest in the autumn.[/ex] The search for truth is beginning to yield results.[/ex] 2) [I] to finally agree to do what someone wants you to do The sport should not … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Yield management — Yield management, also known as revenue management, is the process of understanding, anticipating and influencing consumer behavior in order to maximize revenue or profits from a fixed, perishable resource (such as airline seats or hotel room… … Wikipedia
Yield protection — is an admissions practice where a university or academic institution rejects or wait lists highly qualified students on the grounds that such students are bound to be accepted by more prestigious universities or programs and thus almost certainly … Wikipedia
