man-day
noun
a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.
man-days
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pluralof man-day.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The number of man-days lost to stoppages plunged - from 33.6 million in 1974 to just 2.8 million in 1976.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
Allen and his ilk have worked most weekends to get the work done, logging about 35 man-days on the project that is, by lookout standards, some rather light lifting, he says.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 23, 2016
Microsoft estimates that building the virus likely took 10,000 man-days of labor by top-rank software engineers.
From Newsweek ● Dec. 13, 2010
The owners were adamant on the wildcat provision because 2.5 million man-days were lost that way in the coal mines last year, ten times the average for all industries.
From Time Magazine Archive
The work was all done by farm laborers hired by the month and 100 man-days of such labor were required, excluding seven days work of a mason brushing and troweling the surface.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
