productivity UK /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/US /ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvəti/ noun4 •The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient. •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. •The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land. •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. formsproductivities