man-hours

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• man-hours — number of hours one person works …   English contemporary dictionary

• man-hour — ˈman hour noun [countable] COMMERCE MANUFACTURING the amount of work done by one person in one hour: • General Motors budgets for 30.3 man hours to build a car. * * * man hour UK US noun [C] ► WORKPLACE, PRODUCTION the amount …   Financial and business terms

• man-hour — man hours also man hour N COUNT: usu pl A man hour is the average amount of work that one person can do in an hour. Man hours are used to estimate how long jobs take, or how many people are needed to do a job in a particular time. The restoration …   English dictionary

• man hour — man hour, man hour man hour . The quantity of work which one person can perform in one hour; often an estimate made for the purpose of deciding whether to undertake a project, and sometimes used in accounting; as, it will take a hundred man hours …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• man-hour — man hour, man hour man hour . The quantity of work which one person can perform in one hour; often an estimate made for the purpose of deciding whether to undertake a project, and sometimes used in accounting; as, it will take a hundred man hours …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• man-day — /man day /, n., pl. man days. a unit of measurement, esp. in accountancy; based on a standard number of man hours in a day of work. [1920 25] * * * …   Universalium

• man-day — man′ day′ n. pl. man days a unit of measurement based on a standard number of man hours in a day of work • Etymology: 1920–25 …   From formal English to slang

• man-hour — n the amount of work done by one person in one hour ▪ The main structure takes only about 40 man hours to erect …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Man-hour — Contents 1 Real world applications 2 Similar units 3 See also 4 …   Wikipedia

• 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 * * * /man oweur , ow euhr/, n. a unit of measurement, esp. in accountancy …   Useful english dictionary

• man-day — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun (plural man days) 1. : the labor of one man in one normal working day 2. : a unit consisting of a hypothetical average man day * * * /man day /, n., pl. man days. a unit of measurement, esp. in accountancy; based on a standard… …   Useful english dictionary