To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
yield in U.S. law
• To produce as return from an investment.
• To produce as a result.
• To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
• To give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
• To give up; to surrender or capitulate. To give as demanded; to relinquish.
• To give as demanded; to relinquish.
• To give way so as to allow another to pass first.
• To give way under force; to succumb to a force.
• Of a running thread or process: to give control back to the parent program or operating system so that other threads or processes can be allowed to run.
• To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
• To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
(Noun) A product.
• The quantity of something produced. Measurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land.
• Measurement of the amount of a crop harvested, or animal products such as wool, meat or milk produced, per unit area of land.
• The harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.
• The amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction.
• The volume of water escaping from a spring.
• The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuclear weapon, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent.
• Profit earned from an investment; return on investment.
• (Can we verify this sense?) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
• yield strength of a material.
• The situation where a thread relinquishes the processor to allow other threads to execute.
• Payment; money; tribute.
The practical impact of yield
yield appears in U.S. legal practice across multiple practice areas. Knowing what it means — and when it applies — can determine the outcome of motions, filings, and negotiations. For non-lawyers, the value of looking up a precise definition is that legal terms often carry meanings that differ from everyday usage; relying on the common meaning can lead to costly missteps.
yield — procedural details
In practice, yield is invoked when parties, judges, or attorneys need to identify the legal status of an issue, the rights of those involved, or the procedural step required next. The definition shown above is sourced from Wiktionary , which is widely cited in U.S. legal practice. Because U.S. law is jurisdictionally layered — federal, state, and sometimes local — the precise application of the term can vary by court, so check the controlling authority for your specific case.