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man-hour
[ man-ouuhr, -ou-er ]
noun
- 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
- a unit for measuring work in industry, equal to the work done by one man in one hour
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Word History and Origins
Origin of man-hour1
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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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