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

Word History and Origins

Origin of man-hour¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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