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man-hour

[ man-ouuhr, -ou-er ]

noun

  1. a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work accomplished by one person in an hour. : man-hr


man-hour

noun

  1. a unit for measuring work in industry, equal to the work done by one man in one hour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of man-hour1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

(b) The man-hour rate requires that the hours worked be carefully recorded and totaled, as well as the cost.

The man-hour plan requires the hours worked to be recorded and footed in addition to the labor cost.

(a) The inability to fix a standard for the efficiency of the labor lays the man-hour rate open to criticism.

One man-hour of idle time to be charged into the cost figure of the antigrav unit.

Since 1950 our agricultural output per man-hour has actually doubled!

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