man hour

man hour
    n 1: a time unit used in industry for measuring work [syn: {man
         hour}, {person hour}]
    

man hour \man hour\, man-hour \man-hour\n.
   The quantity of work which one person can perform in one
   hour; -- often an estimate made for the purpose of deciding
   whether to undertake a project, and sometimes used in
   accounting; as, it will take a hundred man-hours to write the
   program.
   [PJC]
    

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "man hour":
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