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person-years

person-years is the plural of person-year.

Meaning of person-year

Noun

person-year (plural person-years)

  1. One person's working time for a year, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.
    • Meronyms: person-hour, man-hour < person-day, man-day < person-month, man-month
    Synonyms:
    man-year

Questions about person-years

What is person-years the plural of?
Person-years is the plural of person-year.

Words near person-years in the dictionary

  1. person-month
  2. person-months
  3. person-power
  4. person-to-person
  5. person-year
  6. person-years
  7. persona
  8. persona grata
  9. persona muta
  10. persona non grata
  11. personability

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