total productivity

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandproductivity

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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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 oftotalandproductivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftotal productivity

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The term of partial productivity illustrates well the fact thattotalproductivityis only measured partially or approximately.
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Accordingly, it is possible to measure thetotalproductivityin business which implies absolute consideration of all inputs.
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This example reveals the difficulty to interpret thetotalproductivitychange correctly.
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A valid measurement oftotalproductivitynecessitates considering all production inputs, and the surplus value calculation is the only calculation to conform to the requirement.
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Deleterious mutations might therefore either increase or decrease late productivity, by delaying development or by reducingtotalproductivity.
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It appears, therefore, that a cool period or provision of shade is required in a hot location to maximizetotalproductivityof pepper.
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The result has been the decline in yields,totalproductivity, sustainability and finally the abandoning of lands.
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Four fitness correlates were obtained from the productivity data : early productivity (days 1-2), late productivity (days 3-5),totalproductivity(days 1-5) and relative fitness.
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Assume that there are gains to specialization, so thetotalproductivityis 3 if the individuals choose different activities, but only 1 if they choose the same activity.
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I want to know by how much that home front fat will have to be reduced iftotalproductivityis not increased.
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Ourtotalproductivityas a nation is too low compared with our competitors, and it will be a major task to bridge the wide gap.
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Often after theirtotalproductivityand the national capital expended on them has been largely squandered, they have been amalgamated into larger units.
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Of course there is a relationship between total wages—total national income—andtotalproductivity.
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Evidently it is not based on thetotalproductivityof industry because that assessment could not apply, for example, to teachers.
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Thetotalproductivityof 1929 represents no greater figure than that of the year 1900.
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We find that in the year 1929 thetotalproductivityof this country in relation to the mining industry was no greater than in the year 1900.
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This model demonstration reveals the fundamental character of the phenomenontotalproductivity.
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In that case, the objects of measurement are components oftotalproductivity, and interpreted correctly, these components are indicative of productivity development.
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If the model can describe the production function, it is applicable tototalproductivitymeasurements.
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