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- noun Date: circa 1810 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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Productivity — in economics refers to measures of output from production processes, per unit of input. Labor productivity, for example, is typically measured as a ratio of output per labor hour, an input. Productivity may be conceived of as a measure of the… … Wikipedia
Productivity — Pro duc*tiv i*ty, n. The quality or state of being productive; productiveness. Emerson. [1913 Webster] Not indeed as the product, but as the producing power, the productivity. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
productivity — productivity. См. продуктивность. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
productivity — index boom (prosperity), creation, utility (usefulness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
productivity — 1809, quality of being productive, from PRODUCTIVE (Cf. productive) + ITY (Cf. ity). Economic sense of rate of output per unit is from 1899 … Etymology dictionary
productivity — [n] output, work rate abundance, capacity, fecundity, fertility, mass production, potency, production, productiveness, richness, yield; concept 630 Ant. idleness, unproductivity … New thesaurus
productivity — ► NOUN 1) the state or quality of being productive. 2) the effectiveness of productive effort … English terms dictionary
productivity — pro·duc·tiv·i·ty (prō dŭk tĭvʹĭ tē, prŏd ək ) n. 1. The quality of being productive. 2. Economics. The rate at which goods or services are produced especially output per unit of labor. 3. Ecology. The rate at which radiant energy is used by… … Universalium
productivity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low ▪ enhanced, greater, improved, increased, maximum ▪ improving, increasing … Collocations dictionary
productivity — The amount of output per unit of input, such as the quantity of a product produced per hour of capital employed. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * productivity pro‧duc‧tiv‧i‧ty [ˌprɒdʌkˈtɪvti, dək ǁ ˌprɑː ] noun [uncountable] MANUFACTURING… … Financial and business terms
Productivity — An economic measure of output per unit of input. Inputs include labor and capital, while output is typically measured in revenues and other GDP components such as business inventories. Productivity measures may be examined collectively (across… … Investment dictionary
