- productivity
- nounADJECTIVE▪ high, low▪ enhanced, greater, improved, increased, maximum▪ improving, increasing, rising▪ decreased, lost, reduced▪
The strike took a heavy toll in lost productivity.
▪It cost the company $25 million in reduced productivity.
▪ agricultural, economic, industrial, manufacturing▪ employee, labour/labor, personal, worker▪ overall… OF PRODUCTIVITY▪ level▪Farmers are struggling to maintain a level of productivity that generates an acceptable income.
VERB + PRODUCTIVITY▪ boost, enhance, improve, increase, raise▪ maximize▪ decrease, reduce▪ lose▪Organizations today just can't afford to lose productivity.
▪ maintain▪the key strategies for maintaining the productivity of American workers
▪ affect▪the mechanisms through which investment in information technology affects productivity and growth
▪ measure▪Few employers measure employee productivity.
PRODUCTIVITY + VERB▪ go up, grow, improve, increase, rise, soar▪Productivity is growing at a very healthy rate.
▪ slow, slow down▪ decline, decrease, drop, fall, go downPRODUCTIVITY + NOUN▪ level▪ boom (AmE), enhancement (AmE), gains, growth, improvement, increasePHRASES▪ a decline in productivity, a reduction in productivity▪ a gain in productivity, an improvement in productivity, an increase in productivity▪ growth in productivity▪Wage increases outpaced growth in productivity.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
