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civic responsibility |
a particular responsibility or duty deemed an important aspect of being a productive and contributing citizen of a community or country. Ideas about what constitutes one's civic responsibilities vary but often include such things as obeying laws, voting in elections, respecting the rights of others, and performing public service. |
fecund |
capable of producing abundant creative or intellectual output; productive or creative. [1/2 definitions] |
fecundate |
to make fruitful or productive. [1/2 definitions] |
fructify |
to cause to be fruitful or productive; fertilize. [1/2 definitions] |
fruitless |
unsuccessful; not productive. |
hum |
to be busy and productive. [1/4 definitions] |
industrious |
actively productive; hard-working. |
infertile |
of land, not fertile or productive; barren. [1/2 definitions] |
productivity |
the capacity for or fact of being productive. |
prolific |
creating new works or ideas in abundance; productive. [1/2 definitions] |
Protestant ethic |
a set of beliefs in the moral virtue of productive work, self-discipline, and frugality; Protestant work ethic; work ethic. |
royalty |
a percentage of proceeds paid to the owner of productive real property, such land for mining or oil drilling, or to the author of a book, musical composition, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
unproductive |
combined form of productive. |
yield |
to be productive; furnish results. [1/8 definitions] |
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