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  1. efficiency
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ef·fi·cien·cy

Pronounced:

/ɪˈfɪʃənsi/Listen to audio

Function:

noun

Inflected forms:

plural ef·fi·cien·cies

Meaning:

1 : the ability to do something or produce something without wasting materials, time, or energy : the quality or degree of being efficient [noncount] Because of her efficiency, we got all the work done in a few hours. The factory was operating at peak efficiency. a car with greater fuel efficiency [=a car that uses fuel more efficiently] A furnace with 80 percent fuel efficiency wastes 20 percent of its fuel. [plural] (technical) The company is trying to lower costs and improve efficiencies.
2 [count] US : efficiency apartment
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