person-day
person-day noun: one person's working time for a day, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.
Noun
person-day (plural person-days)
Synonyms of person-day
Forms of person-day
| plural | person-days |
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Origin of person-day
Compound of person + day, 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 days = X × Y = Z person-days.
Questions about person-day
- What does person-day mean?
- Person-day means one person's working time for a day, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.
- What part of speech is person-day?
- Person-day is a noun.
- What is the plural of person-day?
- The plural of person-day is person-days.
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