productivity

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]}

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvɪti/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɔd.akˈtɪv.ə.ti/, [ˌpɹɔd.akˈtɪv.ə.ɾi]

productivity (usually uncountable, plural productivities)

1. The state of being productive, fertile or efficient.
2. The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers.

   You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.

3. The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land.
4. (linguistics) The ability to form new words using established patterns and discrete linguistic elements, as derivational affixes -ness and -ity.

• productiveness (less common)