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yields

yields is the plural of yield.

yields is the third-person singular simple present indicative of yield.

Meaning of yield

Noun

yield (countable and uncountable, plural yields)

  1. A product.
    • In the case of countries more favoured by climate than Britain their earliest trade with the foreigner which history has to record is usually in the surface products of the earth—in corn or wine, in the yields of the olive-grove or the orchard.1902, Traill, H. D.; Mann, James Saumarez, Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the...
  2. Measurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land.
    • Zucchini plants always seem to produce a high yield of fruit.
  3. (fishery) The harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.
  4. The amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction.
  5. The volume of water escaping from a spring.
  6. The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuclear weapon, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.

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Phrases with yields

Questions about yields

What is yields the plural of?
Yields is the plural of yield.

Words near yields in the dictionary

  1. yieldingly
  2. yieldingness
  3. yieldings
  4. yieldless
  5. yieldly
  6. yields
  7. yields the field
  8. yields the ghost
  9. yields to maturity
  10. yields up
  11. yields up the ghost

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