Person-hour

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The amount of work that can be done by one person in one hour.

    "Holonyms: person-day, man-day < person-month, man-month < person-year, man-year"

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man-hour

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"Holonyms: person-day, man-day < person-month, man-month < person-year, man-year"

Etymology

Compound of person + hour, although, as with any such unit of measure (e.g., ton-miles, newton metres), the mathematical relationship of multiplication is simultaneously involved: X persons working during Y hours = X × Y = Z person-hours.

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