PRODUCTIVITY

productiveness, productivity

(noun) the quality of being productive or having the power to produce

productivity

(noun) (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

productivity (usually uncountable, plural productivities)

the state of being productive, fertile or efficient

the rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers

the rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land

Synonyms

• productiveness (much less common)

Source: Wiktionary

Pro`duc*tiv"i*ty, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being productive; productiveness. Emerson. Not indeed as the product, but as the producing power, the productivity. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition