productive
has definitions from the field of agriculture
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[ adjective ] producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)
Examples "productive farmland" "his productive years" "a productive collaboration" Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)Section 8 ( b ) ( 2 ) of the Small_Business_Act , as amended , authorizes the SBA to make a complete inventory of the productive facilities of small business_concerns . The Administration maintains a productive facilities inventory of small business industrial concerns that have voluntarily registered . Purpose of this inventory is to include all eligible productive facilities in SBA 's facilities register so that the small business_concerns may have an opportunity to avail themselves of the services authorized by the Congress in establishing the Small_Business_Administration . |
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[ adjective ] yielding positive results
Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Buffalo coach Buster_Ramsey , who has become one of the game 's greatest collectors of quarterbacks , apparently now has found a productive pair in two ex National_Football_Leaguers , M._C._Reynolds and Warren_Rabb . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having the ability to produce or originate
Synonyms Examples "generative power" "generative forces" Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Debate in the political_arena can be productive of good . Related terms |
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