yield 1 /'yēld/ vt: to produce as return from an expenditure or investment: furnish as profit or interest
an account that yield s 6 percent
vi
1: to give place or precedence (as to one having a superior right or claim)
2: to relinquish the floor of a legislative assembly
yield to the senator from Maine
yield 2 n
1: agricultural production esp. per acre of crop
2: the return on a financial investment usu. expressed as a percentage of cost
the bond yield was 8 percent
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.