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man-hour

[ man-ouuhr, -ou-er ]

noun

  1. a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work accomplished by one person in an hour. : man-hr


man-hour

noun

  1. a unit for measuring work in industry, equal to the work done by one man in one hour
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of man-hour1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Law enforcement has limited resources, and every man-hour spent on harassing immigrants is being taken away from dealing with real crime.

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In his response, Gen. Milley said they came to the man-hour estimate by assuming each service member in a force of 2.46 million spent about two hours in the training.

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The Times reported earlier this year on the backlog problem at USCIS, including a secret study completed last year that found the agency had an 11 million man-hour work backlog.

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The Times reported in July that a secret study completed last year found the agency had an 11 million man-hour shortage.

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That secret study estimated an 11 million man-hour shortage at U.S.

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