productivity
[proh-duhk-tiv-i-tee, prod-uhk‐]
- 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.
- Economics. the rate at which goods and services having exchange value are brought forth or produced: Productivity increased dramatically last year.
- Grammar. the ability to form new words using established patterns and discrete linguistic elements, as the derivational affixes -ness and -ity.
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Examples from the Web for productivity
Contemporary Examples
What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Balmain Campaign: High Fashion Meets Low CultureAmy Zimmerman
December 23, 2014
In this scenario, productivity will rise, but wages may stagnate or decline.
The CEO describes the company as a “productivity and platform company.”
Job performance seems to be less affected by drug testing, with 19 percent of companies reporting an increase in productivity.
If you want to increase your productivity, light can play a big role.
Historical Examples
It inspires the initiative that makes our productivity the wonder of the world.
Taine excelled in praise of her intellectual vigour and productivity.
Mountain MeditationsL. Lind-af-Hageby
Emphasis on productivity does not lend to a society of relaxed individuals.
A Practical Guide to Self-HypnosisMelvin Powers
There is a waste of time and productivity in all of the grades of the elementary schools.
The New EducationScott Nearing
The productivity of the unit must be kept up to a high level of efficiency.
The Next StepScott Nearing
productivity
- the output of an industrial concern in relation to the materials, labour, etc, it employs
- the state of being productive
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Word Origin and History for productivity
n.
1809, "quality of being productive," from productive + -ity. An earlier word for this was productiveness (1727). Economic sense of "rate of output per unit" is from 1899.
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