Definitions for man-hour

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man-hour man-hour

Spelling: [man-ouuh r, -ou-er]

IPA: /ˈmænˌaʊər, -ˌaʊ ər/

Man-Hour is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in man-hour (-ahmnoru).

Definitions for man-hour

noun

1. a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work accomplished by one person in an hour. Abbreviation: man-hr.
2. a man who is honored by a group.
3. a man who is currently the most important or most admired.

Origin of man-hour

First recorded in 1915-20

Examples for man-hour

(b) The man-hour rate requires that the hours worked be carefully recorded and totaled, as well as the cost.

One man-hour of idle time to be charged into the cost figure of the antigrav unit.

(a) The inability to fix a standard for the efficiency of the labor lays the man-hour rate open to criticism.

The man-hour plan requires the hours worked to be recorded and footed in addition to the labor cost.