Productive
productive (adjective) - produces a lot for the amount of resources used
the growth of the economy's productive capacity
freeing the brain to do more productive things
keeping capital moving and labor productive
future output depends on real investment in productive assets now
a mutually productive relationship
more productive than we sometimes give give credit for
a non-productive argument
not a very productive way of going about the job
I'm more productive on Monday
this approach has already proven to be productive
machinery expected to be productive for ten years
non- productive industries
the productive forces we have developed
a more effective productive unit
increasing our national productive potential
money supply increase in line with the growth of the economy's productive capacity
freeing the brain in front of the screen to do more productive things
naturally productive soil
productive agricultural regions in the country
human productive forces
Example sentences:
* I think they're more productive than we sometimes give give credit for.
* This kind of argument is non-productive.
* I'm more productive on Monday after a long weekend's rest.
* The approach you're taking is not a very productive way of going about the job.
* This approach has already proven to be productive when it was applied in other areas.
* This machinery is expected to be productive for ten years and have a residual value of 10% of its original cost.
* In addition individuals' savings have been directed into house purchase, rather than into productive investment opportunities.
* Computers can reduce the drudgery in work, freeing the brain in front of the screen to do more productive things.
* The soil in the area was not naturally productive.
* Many different factors contribute to overall work performance, including productive skills, industriousness, intelligence, helpfulness, friendliness, modesty, wit and especially for women, religiosity.
* It can be argued, for example, that a supplier that commits its productive facilities for the supply of one customer is more committed to that customer and carries more risks than the customer's shareholders, who can quickly dispose of shares in the market.
* The money supply, measured by a broad definition, should only be allowed to increase at a stable and gradual rate, in line with the growth of the economy's productive capacity.
* An overhaul of the tax system along the lines suggested would make collection cleaner and more administratively efficient, costing less than 1% of receipts and probably releasing many non- productive industries, thereby increasing our national productive potential.
* He argues that in the case of the optical company the return of control to the workers ensured a more effective productive unit.
* But it can hardly be said that the relationship between the two departments has been as mutually productive as it might be.
* In this culture, business values were preeminent and, business values are here meant in the widest sense, a desire for expansion and growth, a high rate of increase in property values, finding and developing mass markets, and keeping capital moving and labor productive.
* The best interests of their personal sector customers are served by placing funds where they can get the best and safest monetary returns, regardless of the consequences for productive investment.
* That future output depends on real investment in productive assets now and in the future, while the piling-up of financial assets in excess of real investment can only be inflationary in the long run.
* This was the basic reason for Britain's poor investment record and profitability, and what was needed was the release of resources from the unproductive areas in order to rebuild the productive base.
* Stop using the productive forces we have developed to create disabilities through warfare, environmental pollution and industrial accidents; stop creating disabilities through poverty by using our vast wealth not in pursuit of capital accumulation and profit, but in ensuring that we all have the necessities to sustain material life, and stop judging and treating people on the basis of the contribution they can or cannot make to the development and operation of these productive forces.
* Defining categories as Unproductive (Total References = 0); Low productivity (1-5 papers within 5 years of completion); Medium productivity (6-15 papers within 5 years of completion); and High productivity (16 or more papers within 5 years) without being judgemental (there are, after all, many factors involved), it is possible to determine which Universities have produced the most productive, and which the least productive, researchers.
* Productive activity was carried out by peasants, who lived on and cultivated the land which was controlled by the feudal lords.
* The purchase and use of washing-machines, dishwashers, vacuum-cleaners, cookers, micro-wave ovens, freezers and other such goods, is an act which, while not changing the relations of production and the mode of production, does alter the productive forces in this sector of the economy.
