Meaning of 'yield'

[Pupil from Brazil]

Test No. incompl/advan-55 "Finance", question 5

The idea caught on very quickly and people were queuing up to buy the goods so that year the company's investment ......... substantial profits.

(a) confirmed
(b) yielded
(c) harvested
(d) maintained

Test No. incompl/advan-55 "Finance", answer 5

The idea caught on very quickly and people were queuing up to buy the goods so that year the company's investment yielded substantial profits.

Correct answer: (b) yielded

Your answer was: incorrect
The idea caught on very quickly and people were queuing up to buy the goods so that year the company's investment confirmed substantial profits.
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Hi Teacher,
I would like to know the right meaning of yielded and could you please give us more examples using this expression? Thank you.

[Alan]

This means produce often in connection with profits and income.
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