man-hour

man-hour
\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ noun
: a unit of one hour's work by one man used especially as a basis for cost finding and wages

should save countless thousands of dollars and man-hours — Advt

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/man"oweur', -ow'euhr/, n.
a unit of measurement, esp. in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work accomplished by one person in an hour. Abbr.: man-hr
[1915-20]

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manˈ-hour noun (pl manˈ-hours)
An hour's work by one person
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Main Entry: ↑man

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man-hour UK US noun [countable] [singular man-hour plural man-hours]
the amount of work that one person can do in an hour. Some people avoid using this word because they think it is offensive to women, and they use person-hour instead.

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man-hour «MAN OWR», noun.
one hour of work done by one man, used as a time unit in industry: »

If progress continues, the materials used in clothing will not involve the man-hours of labor traditional in the industry (Atlantic).

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n. an hour regarded in terms of the amount of work that can be done by one person within this period

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/ˈmænˈawɚ/ noun, pl -hours [count]
: an hour of work done by one worker

The job will take at least 300 man-hours and cost about $20 per man-hour.

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ˈman-hour [man-hour man-hours] noun usually plural
the amount of work done by one person in one hour

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It will take them 2 000 man-hours to get the aircraft flying again.


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