"man-hour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: man-hours [plural]
Etymology: From man + hour. Etymology templates: {{af|en|man|hour}} man + hour Head templates: {{en-noun}} man-hour (plural man-hours)
  1. Synonym of person-hour. Categories (topical): Units of measure Synonyms: person-hour [synonym, synonym-of], manhour Related terms: girl-hour, man-day, man-month, man-year, manshift Translations (amount of work): 工時 (Chinese Cantonese), 工时 (gung¹ si⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 工時 (Chinese Mandarin), 工时 (gōngshí) (Chinese Mandarin), člověkohodina [feminine] (Czech), mandetime [common-gender] (Danish), mandtime [common-gender, uncommon] (Danish), manuur [neuter] (Dutch), henkilötyötunti (Finnish), heure-homme [feminine] (French), Arbeitsstunde [feminine] (German), ανθρωποώρα (anthropoóra) [feminine] (Greek), osobogodzina [feminine] (Polish), roboczogodzina [feminine] (Polish), рабо́чий час (rabóčij čas) [masculine] (Russian), hora hombre [feminine] (Spanish), mantimme [common-gender] (Swedish), робо́чий час (robóčyj čas) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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