yield

(eg. human, critical, hindu )

yield /ˈ jild/ ?

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(n) production of a certain amount
(n) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
(n) an amount of a product
(n) the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
(v) be the cause or source of
(v) end resistance, as under pressure or force
(v) give or supply
(v) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
(v) give in, as to influence or pressure
(v) move in order to make room for someone for something
(v) cause to happen or be responsible for
(v) be willing to concede
(v) be fatally overwhelmed
(v) bring in
(v) be flexible under stress of physical force
(v) cease opposition; stop fighting
(v) consent reluctantly

Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Some loans even came with a crop-insurance policy: if the season was dry and the yield a dud, the debt would be forgiven.
Or consider junk bonds, as measured by Merrill Lynch's High Yield bond index, which yield a jaw-dropping 22%.

...the public's anger toward financial institutions and a housing crisis that has led to a spike in foreclosures and, in turn, rising unemployment, Obama said action must be bold and the nation "cannot afford to govern out of anger or yield...
on Feb 24, 2009 By: Barack Obama Source: Detroit Free Press
In a nationally televised interview, Brown said that Britain's message to the terrorists must be: "We will not yield, we will not be intimidated, and we will not allow anyone to undermine our British way of life."
on Jul 1, 2007 By: Gordon Brown Source: International Herald Tribune
Thomas Jefferson once wrote that "the natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
on Jul 7, 2010 By: Thomas Jefferson Source: Prison Planet.com