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What does the word yield mean?

Updated: 8/21/2019
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verb: yield; 3rd person present: yields; past tense: yielded; past participle: yielded; gerund or present participle: yielding

  1. 1. produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product).

    "the land yields grapes and tobacco"

    • (of an action or process) produce or deliver (a result or gain).

      "this method yields the same results"

      synonyms: produce, bear, give, supply, provide, afford, return, bring in, earn, realize, generate, deliver, offer, pay out; informalrake in "too many projects yield poor returns"

  2. (of a financial or commercial process or transaction) generate (a specified financial return).

    "such investments yield direct cash returns"

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it means to stop or cease

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