yields

Noun

• production of a certain amount
• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
• an amount of a product
• the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
• plural of yield

Verb

• be the cause or source of
• end resistance, as under pressure or force
• give or supply
• give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
• give in, as to influence or pressure
• move in order to make room for someone for something
• cause to happen or be responsible for
• be willing to concede
• be fatally overwhelmed
• bring in
• be flexible under stress of physical force
• cease opposition; stop fighting
• consent reluctantly
• third-person singular simple present indicative of yield

Examples

• The agricultural yields were lower this year.

Synonyms

afford, bear, buckle under, cede, concede, ease up, fruit, generate, give, give in, give way, grant, issue, knuckle under, move over, output, pay, payoff, proceeds, production, relent, render, return, soften, succumb, take, takings, yield

Antonyms

stand, survive