man-hour

[ man-ouuhr, -ou-er ]

/ ˈmænˌaʊər, -ˌaʊ ər /

noun

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

Origin of man-hour

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby man-hour

manhelper, Manhire, manhole, manhood, manhood suffrage, man-hour, manhunt, Mani, mania, maniac, maniacal

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Example sentences from the Web for man-hour

One man-hour of idle time to be charged into the cost figure of the antigrav unit.
Sense from Thought Divide|Mark Irvin Clifton
The man-hour plan requires the hours worked to be recorded and footed in addition to the labor cost.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration v. 2|Various
(a) The inability to fix a standard for the efficiency of the labor lays the man-hour rate open to criticism.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration v. 2|Various
(b) The man-hour rate requires that the hours worked be carefully recorded and totaled, as well as the cost.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration v. 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for man-hour

man-hour

noun

a unit for measuring work in industry, equal to the work done by one man in one hour

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单词	man-hour
释义	man-hour [ man-ouuhr, -ou-er ] / ˈmænˌaʊər, -ˌaʊ ər / noun a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work accomplished by one person in an hour. Abbreviation: man-hr Origin of man-hour First recorded in 1915–20 Words nearby man-hour manhelper, Manhire, manhole, manhood, manhood suffrage, man-hour, manhunt, Mani, mania, maniac, maniacal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for man-hour One man-hour of idle time to be charged into the cost figure of the antigrav unit. Sense from Thought Divide\|Mark Irvin Clifton The man-hour plan requires the hours worked to be recorded and footed in addition to the labor cost. Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration v. 2\|Various (a) The inability to fix a standard for the efficiency of the labor lays the man-hour rate open to criticism. Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration v. 2\|Various (b) The man-hour rate requires that the hours worked be carefully recorded and totaled, as well as the cost. Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration v. 2\|Various British Dictionary definitions for man-hour man-hour noun 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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