productive efficiency

noun

Productive efficiency is a type of economic efficiency achieved when a firm operates at minimum costs, by using the appropriate inputs to produce the maximum output possible.

Meanings

nounproductive efficiency (plural productive efficiencies)

plural productive efficiencies

  1. Productive efficiency is a type of economic efficiency achieved when a firm operates at minimum costs, by using the appropriate inputs to produce the maximum output possible.
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