sustained yield

noun

Definition of SUSTAINED YIELD

: production of a biological resource (as timber or fish) under management procedures which ensure replacement of the part harvested by regrowth or reproduction before another harvest occurs

— sustained–yield adjective

First Known Use of SUSTAINED YIELD

circa 1905

Rhymes with SUSTAINED YIELD

Bakersfield, battlefield, broken-field, center field, chesterfield, color-field, Huddersfield, killing field, landing field, Merrifield, playing field, play the field, potter's field, reverse field, track-and-field, unaneled, water shield

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