man-hour
noun
: a unit of one hour's work by one person that is used especially as a basis for cost accounting and wages
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On the West Coast, longshoremen accrue additional compensation based on man-hour assessments.
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
Instead, work will simply become easier and more streamlined, saving man-hours while making staff more efficient and sustainable.
—Bj Schaknowski, Fortune, 6 May 2024
So many man-hours went into this incredible artistic craftsmanship of building this set, building this world.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2024
These games included highly detailed scenarios, limited rules built by and adjudicated by a staff of experts (some sources claim that each scenario involved more than 1,000 man-hours to create) and played by senior decision-makers from across the federal government.
—Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2023
Millions of dollars and hundreds of Sisyphean man-hours were required to preserve the illusion of calm, untouched beauty in harmony with nature.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
That means taxpayers could be on the hook for billions of dollars in wages for millions of man-hours not worked.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative spent eight months and thousands of man-hours investigating and meticulously documenting China’s practices in a 200-page report.
—Robert E. Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs, 20 July 2020
In a press briefing Friday, Police Chief Sean McKinney estimated that authorities had used 1,600 man-hours in the search for Gillespie.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 27 May 2023
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
Instead, work will simply become easier and more streamlined, saving man-hours while making staff more efficient and sustainable.
—Bj Schaknowski, Fortune, 6 May 2024
So many man-hours went into this incredible artistic craftsmanship of building this set, building this world.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2024
These games included highly detailed scenarios, limited rules built by and adjudicated by a staff of experts (some sources claim that each scenario involved more than 1,000 man-hours to create) and played by senior decision-makers from across the federal government.
—Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2023
Millions of dollars and hundreds of Sisyphean man-hours were required to preserve the illusion of calm, untouched beauty in harmony with nature.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
That means taxpayers could be on the hook for billions of dollars in wages for millions of man-hours not worked.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative spent eight months and thousands of man-hours investigating and meticulously documenting China’s practices in a 200-page report.
—Robert E. Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs, 20 July 2020
In a press briefing Friday, Police Chief Sean McKinney estimated that authorities had used 1,600 man-hours in the search for Gillespie.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 27 May 2023
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“Man-hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/man-hour. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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