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person-days

person-days is the plural of person-day.

Meaning of person-day

Noun

person-day (plural person-days)

  1. 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.
    • Holonyms: person-month, man-month < person-year, man-year
    Synonyms:
    man-day

Questions about person-days

What is person-days the plural of?
Person-days is the plural of person-day.

Words near person-days in the dictionary

  1. person of ordinary skill in the art
  2. person under train
  3. person unknown
  4. person up
  5. person-day
  6. person-days
  7. person-hour
  8. person-hours
  9. person-made
  10. person-month
  11. person-months

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