man-hour
[ man-ouuh r, -ou-er ]
/ ˈmænˌaʊər, -ˌaʊ ər /
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
Words nearby man-hour
man-child,
man-day,
man-eater,
man-eating,
man-eating shark,
man-hour,
man-made,
man-mark,
man-minute,
man-mountain,
man-o'-war bird
Definition for man-hour (2 of 2)
man of the hour
noun
a man who is honored by a group.
a man who is currently the most important or most admired.
Example sentences from the Web for 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 CliftonThe 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.
(b) The man-hour rate requires that the hours worked be carefully recorded and totaled, as well as the cost.
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