man-hour
See also: manhour
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Synonym of person-hour.
- Coordinate term: machine-hour
- Ten workers for two days—that's 160 man-hours.
- 1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766:
- [...] every man has tools and amenities always within one minute's walk; thus non-productive man-hours are kept to a minimum.
- 1962 January 11, John F. Kennedy, Second State of the Union Address:
- Since 1950 our agricultural output per man-hour has actually doubled!
Translations
[edit]amount of work
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