man-hour

noun

man-hour

noun

UK /mænˈaʊə/ · US /mænˈaʊɚ/

Etymology From man + hour.

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Synonym of person-hour.

Ten workers for two days—that's 160 man-hours.
[...] every man has tools and amenities always within one minute's walk; thus non-productive man-hours are kept to a minimum.1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766:

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Since 1950 our agricultural output per man-hour has actually doubled!1962 January 11, John F. Kennedy, Second State of the Union Address:

Related terms: girl-hour, man-day, man-month, man-year, manshift

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