0 the rate at which a company or country makes goods, usually judged in connection with the number of people and the amount of materials necessary to produce the goods:
1 the rate at which a person, company, or country does useful work:
A pleasant working environment increases productivity.
2 the rate at which a country, company, etc. produces goods or services, usually judged in relation to the number of people and the time necessary to produce them:
The productivity agreement gives staff an extra 10% pay if the team reaches its sales targets.
productivity increases/improves/goes up Studies show that if a working environment is pleasant, productivity increases.
productivity gains/growth/improvement Many economists doubt that productivity growth can be credited to information technology.
3 the ability to do as much work as possible in a particular period:
The introduction of new working practices has dramatically improved productivity.
Our main objective is to improve the company's productivity.
The productivity figures are down/up on last week's.
It's a question of striking the right balance between quality and productivity.
The payback for reorganization should be increased productivity.
In the context of the model sketch presented above, stock returns and returns to capital are direct measures of productivity.
Daily productivity is actually low due to low radiation levels and a cool growing season.
All of this literature stresses the need for households to defer their individual interests to improve forest productivity and enhance the long-term community interest.
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