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yield
Noun
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A yield is how much of a crop is grown in a year.
This year's harvest had a good yield.
yield
Verb
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To yield is to give way to someone or something else
Cars yield to the walkers when the walkers are in the crosswalk.
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To yield is to produce something.
Most of the time, stocks yield more money than the original cost.
basis
Noun
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The basis of something, is the main ideas or parts that it is built on.
On the basis of the information available, we have decided to cancel the project.
There is no basis for believing that he was killed.
Her experiences in Cambodia formed the basis for her first book.
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If something happens on a regular/daily/weekly etc. basis, it happens regularly, daily, etc.
The problems are now happening on a very regular basis.
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If we are on a first-name basis, we use first names when speaking to each other.
Josie Parkinson and I are on a first-name basis. I call her "Josie" when I see her.