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MAN-HOUR
MAN-HOUR
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an
approximate
unit
of
work
consisting of the
work
done by one
man
in one hour. Each
industry
has a
basic
idea of how much
work
a
man
can do in one hour within a segment of that
particular
industry
. Thus
man
-hours is useful in calculating how long it will take to
complete
a
contract
or
fill
an
order
, how much it will
cost
to
produce
something or how much wages will be, etc. It is only an
approximate
unit
however.