person hour

/ˌpʌrsn aʊər/
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Other forms: person hours

Definitions of person hour
  1. noun
    a time unit used in industry for measuring work
    synonyms: man hour
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    type of:
    60 minutes, hour, hr
    a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
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