productivity
nounUK /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/ · CA, US /ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvəti/
Etymology From productive + -ity.
1
Usually The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.
2
Usually The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers; those workers' degree of efficiency.
- You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.
- Productivity growth has disappointed across the western world since the 2008 financial crisis. But the UK has notched a significantly worse performance than many of its peers on this metric of output for each hour of work – which is a vital driver of economic growth, wages and living standards.2025 October 31, Richard Partington, “‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
3
Usually The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land.
4
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Usually The ability to form new words using established patterns and discrete linguistic elements, such as the derivational affixes -ness and -ity; the degree to which such formation happens.
- Derived terms
- bioproductivity, counterproductivity, nonproductivity, palaeoproductivity, paleoproductivity, productivity game, semiproductivity, underproductivity