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pro·duc·tive

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–adjective

1.	having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.

2.	producing readily or abundantly; fertile: a productive vineyard.

3.	causing; bringing about (usually fol. by of): conditions productive of crime and sin.

4.	Economics. producing or tending to produce goods and services having exchange value.

5.	Grammar. (of derivational affixes or patterns) readily used in forming new words, as the suffix -ness.

6.	(in language learning) of or pertaining to the language skills of speaking and writing (opposed to receptive).

[Origin: 1605–15; < ML productīvus. See product, -ive

]

—Related forms

pro·duc·tive·ly, adverb

pro·duc·tive·ness, noun

pro·duc·tiv·i·ty

Audio Help [proh-duhk-tiv-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms 2. fecund. Productive, fertile, fruitful, prolific apply to the generative aspect of something. Productive refers to a generative source of continuing activity: productive soil; a productive influence. Fertile applies to that in which seeds, literal or figurative, take root: fertile soil; a fertile imagination. Fruitful refers to that which has already produced and is capable of further production: fruitful soil, discovery, theory. Prolific means highly productive: a prolific farm, writer.

—Antonyms 2. sterile.

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pro·duc·tiv·i·ty Audio Help (prō'dŭk-tĭv'ĭ-tē, prŏd'ək-) Pronunciation Key
n.

The quality of being productive.
Economics The rate at which goods or services are produced especially output per unit of labor.
Ecology The rate at which radiant energy is used by producers to form organic substances as food for consumers.

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productivity
noun
1.	the quality of being productive or having the power to produce [syn: productiveness] [ant: unproductiveness]
2.	(economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time

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productivity [prodəkˈtivəti] noun

the rate or efficiency of work especially in industrial production

Arabic:	إنْتاجِيَّه، قُدْرَة الإنْتاج
Chinese (Simplified):	生产率
Chinese (Traditional):	生產率
Czech:	produktivita
Danish:	produktivitet
Dutch:	produktiviteit
Estonian:	tootlikkus
Finnish:	tuotantokyky
French:	pro- ductivité
German:	die Produktivität
Greek:	παραγωγικότητα
Hungarian:	termelékenység; termékenység
Icelandic:	framleiðni
Indonesian:	produktivitas
Italian:	produttività

Japanese:	生産性
Korean:	생산성
Latvian:	produktivitāte; ražīgums
Lithuanian:	našumas
Norwegian:	produktivitet, produksjonsevne
Polish:	wydajność
Portuguese (Brazil):	produtividade
Portuguese (Portugal):	produtividade
Romanian:	productivitate
Russian:	производительность
Slovak:	produktivita
Slovenian:	storilnost
Spanish:	productividad
Swedish:	produktivitet
Turkish:	verimlilik

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
productivity

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.

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Productivity

A measure of the amount of output per unit of input.

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For example, productivity in the auto industry might be measured by the number of hours of labor used per automobile produced.

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productivity

The efficiency with which output is produced by a given set of inputs. Productivity is generally measured by the ratio of output to input. An increase in the ratio indicates an increase in productivity. Conversely, a decrease in the output/input ratio indicates a decline in productivity.