man-hour

• manhour

From man +‎ hour.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mænˈaʊə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /mænˈaʊɚ/
• Hyphenation: man‧hour

man-hour (plural man-hours)

1. 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!

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