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P0581100 (prə-dŭk′tĭv, prō-)adj.1. Producing or capable of producing crops, goods, or services, especially in abundance: a productive stretch of land; a productive employee.2. Marked by abundant production or achievement: a productive career. See Synonyms at fertile.3. Yielding favorable or useful results; constructive: a productive suggestion.4. Economics Of or involved in the creation of goods and services to produce wealth or value.5. Effective in achieving specified results; originative. Used with of: policies productive of much harm.6. Medicine a. Producing mucus or sputum: a productive cough.b. Forming new tissue: a productive inflammation.7. Linguistics a. Of or relating to the linguistic skills of speaking and writing.b. Of or relating to a linguistic element or rule that can be used to form further examples of a particular feature or pattern. The English past tense suffix -ed is productive since it continues to be added to new verbs to form the past tense.

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(prəˈdʌktɪv) adj1. producing or having the power to produce; fertile2. yielding favourable or effective results3. (Economics) economics a. producing or capable of producing goods and services that have monetary or exchange value: productive assets. b. of or relating to such production: the productive processes of an industry. 4. (foll by: of) resulting in: productive of good results. 5. (Grammar) denoting an affix or combining form used to produce new words proˈductively adv proˈductiveness n

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adj. 1. able to produce; generative; creative. 2. producing abundantly; fertile: productive land. 3. causing; bringing about (usu. fol. by of): conditions productive of crime. 4. Econ. producing goods and services that have exchange value. 5. (of a derivational affix or pattern) readily used in forming new words, as the suffix -ness. [1605–15; < Medieval Latin] pro•duc′tive•ly, adv. pro•duc′tive•ness, pro•duc•tiv•i•ty (ˌproʊ dʌkˈtɪv ɪ ti) n. syn: 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 species; fruitful discussions. prolific means highly productive: a prolific farm; a prolific writer.

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cost-effective - Anything effective and productive in relation to its cost.
fecund, fecundation - Fecund is another word for "fertile, fruitful, productive"; fecundation is another word for "fertilization, impregnation."
originary - An adjective meaning "causing existence; productive," or "primitive; primary; original."
teemful - Fruitful, productive, prolific.

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Adj.	1.	productive - producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"creative, originative - having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination"fertile - capable of reproducingfruitful - productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"profitable - yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market"successful - having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture"unproductive - not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries"
	2.	productive - having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces"generative
	3.	productive - yielding positive resultssuccessful - having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture"
	4.	productive - marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"fertile, rich, fatfruitful - productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"

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adjective1. fertile, rich, producing, prolific, plentiful, fruitful, teeming, generative, fecund fertile and productive soil
fertile poor, barren, sterile, unproductive, unfruitful, unfertile2. creative, dynamic, vigorous, energetic, inventive a highly productive writer of fiction3. useful, rewarding, valuable, profitable, effective, worthwhile, beneficial, constructive, gratifying, fruitful, advantageous, win-win, gainful a productive relationship
useful useless, unproductive, unprofitable

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adjective1. Producing or able to produce a desired effect:effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient.2. Capable of reproducing:fecund, fertile, fruitful, prolific.Biology: proliferous.3. Characterized by great productivity:fecund, fertile, fruitful, prolific, rich.4. Acting effectively with minimal waste:efficient.

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(prəˈdjuːs) verb1. to bring out. She produced a letter from her pocket.出示2. to give birth to. A cow produces one or two calves a year. 生，产 3. to cause. His joke produced a shriek of laughter from the children.引起4. to make or manufacture. The factory produces furniture. 制造，生产 5. to give or yield. The country produces enough food for the population. 生产，出产 6. to arrange and prepare (a theatre performance, film, television programme etc). The play was produced by Henry Dobson. 演出，创作 (ˈprodjuːs) noun something that is produced, especially crops, eggs, milk etc from farms. agricultural/farm produce. 产品，农产品 proˈducer noun a person who produces a play, film, etc, but is usually not responsible for instructing the actors. （电影的）制片人 product (ˈprodəkt) noun1. a result. The plan was the product of hours of thought.结果2. something manufactured. The firm manufactures metal products.产品3. the result of multiplying one number by another. The product of 9 and 2 is 18. （乘）积 proˈduction (-ˈdakʃən) noun1. the act or process of producing something. car-production; The production of the film cost a million dollars. 制作，制造 2. the amount produced, especially of manufactured goods. The new methods increased production.产量3. a particular performance, or set of repeated performances, of a play etc. I prefer this production of `Hamlet' to the one I saw two years ago.演出proˈductive (-ˈdaktiv) adjective (negative unproductive) producing a lot; fruitful. productive land; Our discussion was not very productive.多产的productivity (prodəkˈtivəti) noun the rate or efficiency of work especially in industrial production. 生产率

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The amount of output per unit of input, such as the quantity of a product produced per hour of capital employed.

Productivity

A measure of the units of benefit for each unit of work. Benefits include results of work such as GDP or revenue, while units of work include capital and labor. Productivity in the United States is measured by the U.S. Department of Labor on a quarterly basis. It is beneficial for both individual companies and economies to have the maximum amount of productivity possible.

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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.

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the relationship between the physical output of a product and the factor inputs which have gone into producing that output. Productivity is usually measured in terms of output per man hour, an improvement in productivity showing up as an increase in output per man hour.

Productivity is important to a firm because it enables the firm to establish a COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE over rival suppliers: a. given output can be produced at a lower resource cost, enabling a firm to supply this output at a lower price; or alternatively the firm can now produce more output from the same amount of inputs, enabling the firm to increase its total profit return. A high rate of growth of output per man hour also puts the firm in a better position to absorb inflationary cost pressures arising from wage increases and increases in raw material prices, should it be difficult (see PRICES AND INCOMES controls) or competitively inopportune to increase prices on a pro rata basis.

A firm can improve its productivity in a variety of ways, including the adoption of better working practices (particularly the removal of RESTRICTIVE LABOUR PRACTICES) and pay-incentive schemes (for example PROFIT-RELATED PAY and PROFIT-SHARING schemes); the adoption of methods for economizing on the STOCKHOLDING of raw materials (for example the JUST-IN-TIME stock ordering system). An especially important source of productivity improvement is the use of superior production methods (for example switching from labour-intensive BATCH PRODUCTION to continuous capital-intensive MASS-PRODUCTION processes), and investment in the latest ‘state-of-the-art’ technologies (for example COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING systems (CAM) and COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD)). See LEAN MANUFACTURING, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EXPERIENCE CURVE, SPECIALIZATION, HOSHIN.

productivity

the relationship between the OUTPUT of an economic unit and the FACTOR INPUTS that have gone into producing that output. Productivity is usually measured in terms of output per man hour to facilitate interfirm, interindustry and intercountry comparisons. An increase in productivity occurs when output per man hour is raised. The main source of productivity increases is the use of more and better CAPITAL STOCK (see CAPITAL WIDENING and CAPITAL DEEPENING).

This important point can be illustrated in the following three stages:

Suppose, initially, that the assembly of a motor car is a labour-intensive operation: it takes a team of 10 men working with a minimal amount of capital (spanners and screwdrivers only) one whole day to assemble one car;
The firm now invests in hydraulic lifting gear (CAPITAL DEEPENING), and this cuts down considerably the amount of time in aligning parts for assembly, reducing the time it takes to complete the assembly operation to, say, one tenth of a day
The same team of men is now able to assemble 10 cars a day - its productivity has gone up tenfold;
The firm introduces a continuous-flow assembly line with automatically controlled machines (again, capital deepening), which one man can operate. Output increases to, say, 50 cars a day; the productivity of the remaining man has increased from 1 car a day (a one-tenth part of 10 cars) to 50.
Just as importantly, 9 men have been ‘released’ from the team. Either they too could all be put to work on a similar automated assembly line (capital widening), in which case the total output of the 10 men is now 500 cars per day (10 x 50), compared to 50 before. Alternatively, they could be redeployed outside the car industry, thereby helping to increase output in other sectors of the economy

Increased productivity thus makes an important contribution to the achievement of higher rates of ECONOMIC GROWTH.

See JOB, CAPITAL-OUTPUT RATIO, SPECIALIZATION, QUALITY CONTROL, RESTRICTIVE LABOUR PRACTICE, WORK STUDY, X-INEFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL SLACK, SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, NEW AND OLD PARADIGM ECONOMICS.

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