man-hour

[man-ouuh r, -ou-er]

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.

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Historical Examples of 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
(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.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration v. 2
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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

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