- person-hour
- noun Date: 1975 a unit of one hour's work by one person
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Person-hour — A person hour or man hour is the amount of work performed by an average worker in one hour. [ [http://www.m w.com/cgi bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary va=person hour va=person hour Definition from the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary ] ] [… … Wikipedia
person-hour — /ˈpɜsən aʊə/ (say persuhn owuh) noun an hour of work by one person, used in human resource management as a unit by which to measure the time a task will take. Usage: This term is a gender free alternative to man hour …
person hour — a gender nonspecific version of man hour, a unit of labor equal to the work of one person for one hour … Dictionary of units of measurement
person-hour — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ( ̷ ̷ ) : a unit of one hour s work by one person … Useful english dictionary
person hour — noun a time unit used in industry for measuring work • Syn: ↑man hour • Hypernyms: ↑hour, ↑hr, ↑60 minutes • Part Holonyms: ↑workday, ↑working day … Useful english dictionary
Person County, North Carolina — Infobox U.S. County county = Person County state = North Carolina map size = 250 founded = 1791 seat = Roxboro area total sq mi =404 area land sq mi =392 area water sq mi =12 area water percentage = 2.92% census estimate yr = 2006 population… … Wikipedia
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man-hour — person hour The amount of work done by one person in one hour. It is sometimes convenient in costing a job to estimate the number of man hours it will take … Big dictionary of business and management
Person from Porlock — Porlock village, Somerset, England The Person from Porlock was an unwelcome visitor to Samuel Taylor Coleridge during his composition of the poem Kubla Khan. Coleridge claimed to have perceived the entire course of the poem in a dream (possibly… … Wikipedia
man-hour — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : a unit of one hour s work by one man used especially as a basis for cost finding and wages should save countless thousands of dollars and man hours Advt * * * /man oweur , ow euhr/, n. a unit of measurement, esp. in accountancy … Useful english dictionary
