Productivity is how much useful output your hours actually produce. Improve productivity, productivity growth, a productivity tool.
In economics it is output per hour worked, and its growth is what makes countries richer over time — nothing else does as much. Personally, the word has been taken over by an industry selling tools, most of which add work. Note produce, from the Latin for leading forward.
1nounproductivityHow much useful output a given effort produces.
“Productivity rose after the company let staff work from home two days a week.”
productivity is a measure of output.
Latin
prōductīvus
English
productive
English, today
productivity
From productive + -ity. productive Borrowed from Latin prōductīvus. Latin productivus, equivalent to product + -ive.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA