Boost productivity
C1 · Work & Business · C1 collocations
Meaning
To increase the amount of work that people or machines produce.
Example
The new scheduling software helped boost productivity by about fifteen percent.
“boost productivity” or “rise productivity”?
Slightly informal and common in business news; 'increase' or 'improve' productivity are neutral alternatives. Productivity can 'rise', but you cannot 'rise productivity'.
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