man-hour
English
Noun
- The amount of work that can be done by one person in an hour.
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- Hmm, ten workers for two days... That's 160 man-hours.
- 1962, John F. Kennedy, State of the Union Address
- Since 1950 our agricultural output per man-hour has actually doubled!
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Usage notes
Some consider man-hour to be sexist and use person-hour instead.
Synonyms
- person-hour