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sustained yield

noun

  1. the continuing supply of a natural resource, as timber, through scheduled harvests to insure replacement by regrowth or reproduction.
  2. the amount of a resource obtained from such a schedule without depleting the resource.
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Other Words From

  • sustained-yield adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sustained yield1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences

We must place our forests on a sustained yield basis, and encourage the development of new sources of vital minerals.

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