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yield

/ˈjild/YEELD
/ˈjild/YEELD

Meaningpaying what is owed

Common meaning: to produce

Other meanings: to give way

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishgieldansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishgeldensource
  3. Englishyield‘to produce’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English gieldan ‘paying what is owed’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry YIELD, p. 725 · dictionary scan; Bosworth & Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), entry gieldan, p. 475 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • gieldan Old English “paying what is owed”

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