relative productivity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrelativeandproductivity
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relative
adjective
uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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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 ofrelativeandproductivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Essentially non-commensurable and poorly defined notions ofrelativeproductivityor relative importance can no longer be used.
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Thus, in the period allegedly characterised by a policy-induced retreat from competition there was an advance inrelativeproductivityperformance.
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They did better at collecting taxes rather than tribute, which they assessed on some notion of public policy andrelativeproductivityand with greater predictability and regularity.
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The paper distinguishes four cases, depending on therelativeproductivityof the different activities: joint management of forests, forest preservation, conversion to non-forest use, and forest abandonment.
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As we shall see, there is a similar disparity between the sale price per acre of old and new land and this reflects an assessment of the lands'relativeproductivity.
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Of course, the argument in their favour is not based exclusively uponrelativeproductivity, although that is a very important consideration.
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It also said, however, that ifrelativeproductivitytrends changed in the meantime, there might be a case for a slightly higher rate.
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This relationship can, however, vary over time and it is not clear how far relative wages effectrelativeproductivityor vice versa.
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The other was the difference inrelativeproductivitybetween their industry and ours.
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We have all these factors—increased costs and lessrelativeproductivityfrom honey—which mean that people are not quite so keen to keep bees simply as a financial proposition.
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The interesting thing about this form is itsrelativeproductivity.
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They said it ignored changes inrelativeproductivity.
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