[transitive] yield something to produce or provide something, for example a profit, result or crop. Higher-rate deposit accounts yield good returns.

​the total amount of crops, profits, etc. that are produced. a high crop yield; a reduction in milk yield; This will give a yield of 10% on your investment.

1 · yield something to produce or provide something, for example a profit, result, or crop ; 2 · to stop resisting something or someone; to agree to do something ...

the total amount of crops, profits, etc. that are produced a high crop yield a reduction in milk yield This will give a yield of 10% on your investment.

There are 48 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb yield, 23 of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation ...

(of a person) willing to do what other people want (used with an adverb) giving the amount of crops, profits, etc. mentioned

yield to something (formal) to be replaced by something Barges yielded to road vehicles for transporting goods.

to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information: an attempt to yield increased profits.

(formal) (of a substance) soft and easy to bend or move when you press it. She sank into the yielding cushions of the couch.

​(formal) to be replaced by something. Canals yielded to the railways for transporting goods. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?