Yield vs Retire - What's the difference?

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Yield is a related term of retire.

As verbs the difference between yield and retire

is that yield is (obsolete) to pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite while retire is .

As a noun yield

is (obsolete) payment; tribute.

yield

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) yielden, .

Verb

(obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.

* Shakespeare:

God 'ild [yield] you!

* Gareth and Lynette, Tennyson :

The good mother holds me still a child! Good mother is bad mother unto me! A worse were better; yet no worse would I. Heaven yield her for it!

* Shakespeare:

Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, / And the gods yield you for 't.

* Beaumont and Fletcher:

God yield thee, and God thank ye.

To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.

* Milton:

Vines yield nectar.

* Bible, Job 24.5:

The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

To give way; to allow another to pass first.

Yield the right of way to pedestrians.

To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.

They refuse to yield to the enemy.

* Shakespeare:

I'll make him yield the crown.

* Milton:

Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.

To give way; to succumb to a force.

* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula), chapter 21:

He turned the handle as he spoke, but the door did not yield . We threw ourselves against it. With a crash it burst open, and we almost fell headlong into the room.

To produce as return, as from an investment.

Historically, that security yields a high return.

(mathematics) To produce as a result.

Adding 3 and 4 yields a result of 7.

(engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.

(rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

* Milton:

I yield it just, said Adam, and submit.

Synonyms

* submit - To fully surrender * capitulate - To end all resistance, may imply a compensation with an enemy or to end all resistance because of loss of hope * succumb - To fully surrender, because of helplessness and extreme weakness, to the leader of an opposing force * relent - A yielding because of pity or mercy * defer - A voluntary submitting out of respect, reverence or affection * give way - To succumb to persistent persuasion. * surrender - To give up into the power, control, or possession of another * cede - To give up, give way, give away * give up - To surrender * produce - To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc. * bear - To produce something, such as fruit or crops * supply - To provide (something), to make (something) available for use

Etymology 2

From (etyl) , Icelandic gjald. See also (l).

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) Payment; tribute.

A product; the quantity of something produced.

(legal) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The rise of smart beta , passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}

Derived terms

* overyielding * yielder * sustained yield * yield-to-maturity * yield curve

Synonyms

* harvest * return * fruits * produce * crop * gain

Anagrams

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retire

English

Noun

(en noun)

(rare) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.

(dated) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.

At the retire , the cavalry fell back.

Verb

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

* Sir Philip Sidney

He retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.

* Sir J. Davies

As when the sun is present all the year, / And never doth retire his golden ray.

To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.

The central bank retired those notes five years ago.

To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.

The board retired the old major.

(transitive, cricket, of a batsman) to voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat

Jones retired in favour of Smith.

(transitive, baseball, of a fielder), to make a defensive play which results in a runner or the batter being put out

Jones retired Smith 6-3.

To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.

I will retire to the study.''

To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.

The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.

To withdraw from a public station, from working, or from business

Having made a large fortune, he retired .

He wants to retire at 55.

To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.

Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves.

To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.

I will retire for the night.

Derived terms

* (l) * (l) * (l) * (cricket) (l)

Anagrams

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