Word of the Day: Yield
“Yield” is a word that that has two different meanings, depending on whether it’s used as a verb or it’s used as a noun.
This word is often used when measuring the output* of a business or a farm. “Yield” also refers to results.
- The yield on corn this year might be a little lower than last year.
- Farmers improved their yield by using new farming techniques.
- Crop rotation yields good results because it helps improve the quality of the soil. (This sentence uses “yield” as a verb.)
- Changes to the company’s management did not yield the kind of results that everyone expected.
- Our investment yielded an eleven percent return.
When this word is used as a verb, sometimes it means to give way, surrender, or allow another person to pass:
- The company yielded to demands made by the employees and raised their hourly wage.
- The militants said that they wouldn’t yield and they wouldn’t give up.
- The man yielded to the woman’s request.
- A large beam supporting the roof yielded under the weight of the snow and the roof collapsed.
- Where these two roads merge, it’s necessary for cars to yield to oncoming traffic.
*output: that which is produced; an amount of production
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