Vocabulary Word
Word: yield
Definition: amount produced; crop; income on investment; profit obtained from an investment; V: produce; give in; surrender
Definition: amount produced; crop; income on investment; profit obtained from an investment; V: produce; give in; surrender
Sentences Containing 'yield'
Affected, and impressed with terror as they both were, by this spectacle of ruin, it was not a time to yield to such emotions.
``To yield readily easily to the persuasion of a friend is no merit with you.''
``To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either.''
Without the warmth of the sun seeds could not sprout and develop into the mighty trees which yield firewood.
But they yield such respect, numerous as they are, are so far heathen, and need to have a missionary sent to them.
The fruits do not yield their true flavor to the purchaser of them, nor to him who raises them for the market.
They told me that in a good day they could get out a thousand tons, which was the yield of about one acre.
The timbers were too strong; they did not yield.
``Still, I should not think the Morcerfs would yield to the Cavalcanti?''
``You are too noble not to understand me, and you understand me so well that you already yield, dear Maximilian.
He would not, however, yield immediately to the young man's request, but made a few conscientious objections.
The count, fearing to yield to the entreaties of her he had so ardently loved, called his sufferings to the assistance of his hatred.
``Oh, I obtained, or rather claimed that; we had conceded enough for them to yield us that.''
``Maximilian, Maximilian,''he said,``the ideas you yield to are unworthy of a Christian.''
``Listen to me, mother, and do not yield too much to agitation.''
``What, M. de Villefort,''cried the president,``do you yield to an hallucination?
Overturn the world, change its character, yield to mad ideas, be even criminal but live.''
exclaimed Haidee;``he says that through me he will suffer through me, who would yield my life for his.''
Unless they yield him this profit, therefore, they do not repay him what they may very properly be said to have really cost him.
In such circumstances, the wonder is, not that he was sometimes obliged to yield, but that he ever was able to resist.
Those taxes, levied in this manner, yield a very considerable revenue to government.
Give up then that which is not thine own: yield it to One who is better than thou.
The second is, that he yield not to any lusts and motions of the flesh.
I yield, you have conquered: all who have ever loved before, you have conquered out and out in love's contest.
When this is done, there is no apparent reason why they should not yield as many seeds as did their parents when legitimately fertilised.
What damsel was not enamoured of him and did not yield herself up wholly to his will and pleasure?
Misfortune has broken my once haughty spirit; I yield, I submit; 'tis my fate.
Though their blubber is very thin, some of these whales will yield you upwards of thirty gallons of oil.
As you behold it, you involuntarily yield the immense superiority to him, in point of pervading dignity.
Then remounting aloft, it again goes through the same round until the deep cistern will yield no more.
Yuwen Shiji knew that she would not yield, and therefore left her.
Initial additions yield a clean bitterness.
Most tests were limited-yield underground test shots.
Individual investors began investing in high-yield money market accounts.
SPR can be a powerful method for quickly determining protein activity and overall yield.
Each plant has a potential yield of per bunch.
However, directional derivatives
exist and yield support functions of support sets.
This can yield stiff and lifeless performances in slower more expressive cues.
In methanol a yield of 43% MMF was reported in combination with 47% methyl levulinate.
The yield from the robbery was 140 speciedaler.
The yield per acre is only 10 to 20% of the yields that are common in France or California.
This is vital to maximise crop yield, animal grazing and good quality silage/hay.
The yield spread is a way of comparing any two financial products.
This is to encourage brokers to search for borrowers willing to pay for the yield spreads.
In order to encourage loan brokers to find borrowers who will pay yield spreads, lenders typically offer yield spread premiums to the brokers who bring them loans with yield spreads.
Gold seed rice was notable for the larger yield of the grain.
The rocks also yield fossils of "Giraffatitan" and "Kentrosaurus".
Should Cain attempt to farm the land, the earth would not yield produce for him.
As of November 2011, the Greek bonds have a bond yield of 28%.
He earned the respect and admiration of Martok and even of the guards because he would not yield.