Thursday, October 28, 2004

Yield is the Word

yield (from Dictionary. Com)

v. tr.
1.

a. To give forth by or as if by a natural process, especially by cultivation: a field that yields many bushels of corn.

b. To furnish as return for effort or investment; be productive of: an investment that yields high percentages.

2.
a. To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender.
b. To give up (an advantage, for example) to another; concede.

v. intr.
1.
a. To give forth a natural product; be productive.
b. To produce a return for effort or investment: bonds that yield well.

2.
a. To give up, as in defeat; surrender or submit.
b. To give way to pressure or force: The door yielded to a gentle push.
c. To give way to argument, persuasion, influence, or entreaty.
d. To give up one's place, as to one that is superior: yielded to the chairperson.

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