productivity

From productive +‎ -ity.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɑ.dʌkˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/, [ˌpɹɑ.dʌkˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾi], /ˌpɹoʊ.dʌkˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/, [ˌpɹoʊ.dʌkˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾi]

  • Audio (California); [ˌpɝ.ɾəkˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾi]:

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvɪti/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɔd.ɐkˈtɪv.ə.ti/, [ˌpɹɔd.ɐkˈtɪv.ə.ɾi]
• Hyphenation: pro‧duc‧ti‧vi‧ty

productivity (usually uncountable, plural productivities)

1. The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient.

   Synonym: productiveness (less common)

3. 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.

5. The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land.
7. (linguistics) 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.