How to pronounce yield
American English pronunciation
YEELD
- IPA
- /ˈjild/
- Syllables
- YEELD (1 syllable)
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What yield means
Most people know yield in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
The amount of crops a farm or field produces
In a sentence: Thanks to the rain, this year's corn yield was the best the farm ever had.
Where it comes from: It goes back to an Old English word meaning to pay, and the noun once meant a payment.
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