[countable, uncountable] the total amount of crops, profits, etc. that are produced a high crop yield a reduction in milk yield This will give a yield of 10% on your investment. Wordfindercropblight, cereal, crop, genetically modified, grain, harvest, monoculture, organic, staple, yield Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivegood, high, low, … verb + yieldproduce yield + verbjump, rise, decline, … See full entry See related entries: Growing crops Word OriginOld English g(i)eldan ‘pay, repay’, of Germanic origin. The senses ‘produce, bear’ and ‘surrender’ arose in Middle English.Extra examples This method of cultivation produces higher yield. Yields are quite poor this year. savings products which offer high yields This will give a yield of 10% on your investment.
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