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hourage

hourage noun: a period of time measured in hours.

Noun

hourage (countable and uncountable, plural hourages)

  1. A period of time measured in hours.
    • On that date an additional man was added for the purpose of reducing the hourage on the run and reducing the punitive overtime payable under the provisions of amendment 1 […]1924, Decisions of the United States Railroad Labor Board with Addenda and Interpretations, page 781
    • The government has prescribed hourages for other courses and time to be spent in school, so there is no room in the college timetable.1997, Samuel M. Natale, Mark B. Fenton, Business Education and Training, page 159

Forms of hourage

pluralhourages

Origin of hourage

From hour + -age.

Questions about hourage

What does hourage mean?
Hourage means a period of time measured in hours.
What part of speech is hourage?
Hourage is a noun.
What is the plural of hourage?
The plural of hourage is hourages.

Words near hourage in the dictionary

  1. hour of need
  2. hour-glass
  3. hour-glass figure
  4. hour-glasses
  5. hour-long
  6. hourage
  7. hourages
  8. Houran
  9. houre
  10. hourelie
  11. hourer

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