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noun
the continuing supply of a natural resource, as timber, through scheduled harvests to insure replacement by regrowth or reproduction.
the amount of a resource obtained from such a schedule without depleting the resource.
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Origin of sustained yield
First recorded in 1860–65
OTHER WORDS FROM sustained yield
sustained-yield, adjectiveWords nearby sustained yield
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How to use sustained yield in a sentence
We must place our forests on a sustained yield basis, and encourage the development of new sources of vital minerals.
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