Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
man-hour [man-ouuh r, -ou-er] ExamplesWord Origin 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 man of the hour noun
- a man who is honored by a group.
- a man who is currently the most important or most admired.
Examples from the Web for man-hour Historical Examples of man-hour
One man-hour of idle time to be charged into the cost figure of the antigrav unit.
Mark Irvin Clifton
(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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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