productivity
n. uncountablen. the amount of work you get done in a certain amount of time. It is a way to measure how efficient you or a company are.
n. the rate at which goods are produced or work is completed, typically measured against the amount of time and effort expended. In linguistics, it refers to the capacity of a grammatical pattern to produce new forms.
The new software helped increase our daily productivity.
The manager introduced flexible working hours to boost employee productivity and reduce burnout.
Economists often argue that long-term wage growth is fundamentally tied to gains in productivity, as more efficient production allows for higher profit margins and reinvestment.
From productive + -ity.
Uncountable in its general sense; occasionally countable when comparing different rates of production across industries.
The productivity of the workers are highThe productivity of the workers is highProductivity is the singular subject of the sentence; learners often mistakenly match the verb to the plural noun 'workers' that follows it.