to yield to pressure
1yield — 01. The oil fields of Alberta [yield] millions of gallons of oil each year. 02. Our strawberry patch [yielded] at least 10 pounds of berries last summer. 03. The Cuban government has refused to [yield] to pressure from the U.S. to end communist… …
2yield — [yēld] vt. [ME yelden < OE gieldan, to pay, give, akin to Ger gelten, to be worth < IE base * ghel tō, (I) give, pay] 1. to produce; specif., a) to give or furnish as a natural process or as the result of cultivation [an orchard that… …
3yield´er — yield «yeeld», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. a) to produce; bear: »This land yields good crops. Mines yield ores. SYNONYM(S): furnish, supply. b) to give in return; bring in: »an investment which yielded a large profit. c) to fill a need; furnish; afford …
4yield — vb 1 produce, turn out, *bear Analogous words: *generate, engender, breed, propagate: create, *invent: form, shape, *make, fabricate, fashion 2 *relinqui …
5yield — ► VERB 1) produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product). 2) produce or generate (a result, gain, or financial return). 3) give way to demands or pressure. 4) relinquish possession of. 5) (of a mass or structure) give way… …
6yield — yield1 [ji:ld] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(result)¦ 2¦(crops/profits)¦ 3¦(agree unwillingly)¦ 4¦(traffic)¦ 5¦(move/bend/break)¦ 6¦(give up fighting)¦ Phrasal verbs yield to something yield something<=>up ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin …
7yield — [[t]jɪ͟əld[/t]] ♦♦♦ yields, yielding, yielded 1) VERB If you yield to someone or something, you stop resisting them. [FORMAL] [V to n] Carmen yielded to general pressure and grudgingly took the child to a specialist... [V to n] I yielded to an… …
8yield — [[t]yild[/t]] v. t. 1) agr. to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: to yield 40 bushels to the acre[/ex] 2) bus to produce or furnish (profit) 3) to give up, as to superior power or authority: yielded the fort… …
9yield — yielder, n. /yeeld/, v.t. 1. to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs. 2. to produce or furnish (payment, profit, or interest): a trust fund that yields ten… …
10Yield curve — This article is about yield curves as used in finance. For the term s use in physics, see Yield curve (physics). Not to be confused with Yield curve spread – see Z spread. The US dollar yield curve as of February 9, 2005. The curve has a typical… …