productivity

[ proh-duhk-tiv-i-tee, prod-uhk‑ ]

noun

1. the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services:

   The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.

2. Economics. the rate at which goods and services having exchange value are brought forth or produced:

   Productivity increased dramatically last year.

3. Grammar. the ability to form new words using established patterns and discrete linguistic elements, as the derivational affixes -ness and -ity,

productivity

/ ˌprɒdʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ /

noun

1. the output of an industrial concern in relation to the materials, labour, etc, it employs
2. the state of being productive

productivity

1. In business, a measure of worker efficiency, such as one hundred units per hour. In economics , involvement in the creation of goods and services to produce wealth.

Other Words From

• anti·produc·tivi·ty adjective noun
• nonpro·duc·tivi·ty noun
• semi·produc·tivi·ty noun
• unpro·duc·tivi·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of productivity¹

First recorded in 1800–10; productiv(e) ( def ) + -ity ( def )

Example Sentences

The tyranny of Slack notifications on top of that is damaging to sanity — never mind productivity.

From Digiday

Subseasonal forecasts can also help farmers improve productivity in regions such as western Africa, says Shraddhanand Shukla, a climate scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

From Science News

Minor productivity losses are not worth risking employees’ and communities’ health.

From Fortune

The company, which makes workplace productivity software, was started by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz.

From Fortune

In a country where most men and women work even when they have children, having child care is inextricably linked to economic productivity — and not having it often hurts women most.

From FiveThirtyEight

What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.

From The Daily Beast

Companies are also intolerant of violence in the workplace because it undermines workforce stability and hampers productivity.

From The Daily Beast

In this scenario, productivity will rise, but wages may stagnate or decline.

From The Daily Beast

The CEO describes the company as a “productivity and platform company.”

From The Daily Beast

The Allies were successful for a lot of reasons but among the most important was American industrial productivity.

From The Daily Beast

In tribute to this literary productivity, he liked to refer to himself as Literature, while addressing Tootles as Art.

From Project Gutenberg

But it would be unjust and inconsiderate to ascribe this want of productivity to the disposition called laziness.

From Project Gutenberg

The evident tendency of such a system is to encourage productivity and the highest degree of accuracy.

From Project Gutenberg

The tendency of the American system, on the other hand, is to beget a spirit of routine and to check productivity.

From Project Gutenberg

No man lives a life of intellectual productivity alone; he needs not only material and opportunity, but helpers, resonators.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• capacity
• fertility
• production
• yield