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person-hour

person-hour noun: the amount of work that can be done by one person in one hour.

Noun

person-hour (plural person-hours)

  1. The amount of work that can be done by one person in one hour.
    • Holonyms: person-day, man-day < person-month, man-month < person-year, man-year
    Synonyms:
    man-hour

Synonyms of person-hour

Forms of person-hour

pluralperson-hours

Origin of person-hour

Compound of person + hour, 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 hours = X × Y = Z person-hours.

Questions about person-hour

What does person-hour mean?
Person-hour means the amount of work that can be done by one person in one hour.
What part of speech is person-hour?
Person-hour is a noun.
What is the plural of person-hour?
The plural of person-hour is person-hours.

Words near person-hour in the dictionary

  1. person under train
  2. person unknown
  3. person up
  4. person-day
  5. person-days
  6. person-hour
  7. person-hours
  8. person-made
  9. person-month
  10. person-months
  11. person-power

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