productivity
playDefinition of productivity
1 : the quality or state of being productive
2 : the rate per unit area or per unit volume at which biomass consumable as food by other organisms is made by producers
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Examples of productivity in a Sentence
The country has low agricultural productivity.
The company is looking for ways to improve worker productivity.
There has been an increase in productivity.
Recent Examples of productivity from the Web
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That high productivity also took endless, mind-numbing work: to prepare and tend the fields, keep up the homestead and defend the surpluses needed to feed everyone from one harvest to the next.
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Kasparov imagines man-machine hybrids pushing the U.S. toward staggering productivity in as-yet-undiscovered areas.
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A large part of the burden of government is how much the tax system reduces economic productivity by distorting the economic decisions of producers and consumers.
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When the ocean gets warmer, salmon productivity drops — sometimes drastically.
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High costs, low commodity prices, labour strife and falling productivity have all taken their toll.
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But before initiating that conversation, prepare a business case showing how the move to North Carolina will either reduce travel costs or increase your productivity.
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Bjorn sees more farms moving closer to home, with possible savings being made via productivity and advanced farming practices.
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Pruning maintains the health, productivity and size of the trees.
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First Known Use of productivity
1808
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Financial Definition of PRODUCTIVITY
productivity
What It Is
Productivity refers to the measure of output (e.g. products) from a production process per unit of input (e.g. labor and capital).
How It Works
Productivity is usually expressed as a ratio of output to inputs. It can be expressed as units of a product (e.g. cars) per worker-hour (total number of hours worked by all workers on that car). Given the cost of the worker-hour, productivity can also measure the efficiency of a company.
These measures are quantitative and relatively easy to measure. However, other factors of productivity, such as creativity, innovation, teamwork, and even quality are qualitative and more difficult to measure
Why It Matters
In most business models, profitability is a function of productivity, price, and volume. In other words, a company's success is measured by how efficiently it uses its resources to produce its product, the price it can sell its products, and how many products it can actually sell. When comparing companies within a sector, for example, it is very important for investors to understand the relative productivity comparisons between companies producing the same products.
PRODUCTIVITY Defined for English Language Learners
productivity
playDefinition of productivity for English Language Learners
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: the rate at which goods are produced or work is completed
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