increasing productivity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincreaseandproductivity
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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productivity
noun[U]
uk/ˌprɒd.ʌkˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ˌproʊ.dəkˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the rate at which a company or country makes goods, usually judged in connection with the number of people and the amount of materials necessary to produce ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandproductivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Given their landless status, they are unaffected by the first-order effects ofincreasingproductivity.
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Previously, transport for leaf collection and payment were irregular and unreliable, major disincentives toincreasingproductivity.
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Indigenous methods of maintaining soil fertility and constraints toincreasingproductivityin mountain farming systems.
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An interesting suggestion is raised by the (apparently)increasingproductivityof the suffix with intransitive bases denoting motion.
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The effect of development aid is to permanently increase per capita income, byincreasingproductivity.
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The increase in the number of overgeneralization errors is most plausibly interpreted as evidence ofincreasingproductivitywith masculine and feminine inflections.
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The agricultural community, however, being very proud of its recent success in markedlyincreasingproductivity using agricultural chemicals, continued to reject organic farming as a viable alternative43.
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Like urban architects designing -ats in a densely populated town, agroforesters and farmers now consider the option ofincreasingproductivitythrough a multilayered arrangement of trees and crops.
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This technology tends to increase production risks in the short run during a transition phase, but with the potential of reducing risk andincreasingproductivityin the long term.
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Companies provide too few opportunities for formal and informal training, which is important forincreasingproductivityand worker commitment to the company, according to the authors.
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Numerous agreements on ways ofincreasingproductivityhave been concluded as part of the modernisation of the railway system.
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In addition, there have been changes in procedure which have resulted inincreasingproductivityparticularly relating to straightforward cases.
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Our agricultural industry can be proud of its record inincreasingproductivity.
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The prices of certain materials have already fallen, and there are signs ofincreasingproductivityin the building industry.
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