"person-day" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: person-days [plural]
Etymology: From person + day. Etymology templates: {{af|en|person|day}} person + day Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Units of measure Synonyms: man-day Related terms: person-hour, person-month, person-year Translations (Translations): jour-personne [masculine] (French), jour-homme [masculine] (French), homme-jour [masculine] (French), día-hombre [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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