man-month

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man-month

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Compound of man + month, although, as with any such unit of measure (e.g., pack-years, newton metres), the mathematical relationship of multiplication is simultaneously involved: X men working during Y months = X × Y = Z man-months.

noun man-months

One person's working time for a month, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task. Holonyms: man-year, person-year
Similar: person-month

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noun amount of work

日本語	人月 ningetsu
中文	人月 rényuè
Français	mois-homme
Ελληνικά	ανθρωπομήνας anthropomínas

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"man-month." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/man-month. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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man-month. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/man-month

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"man-month." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/man-month.

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@misc{man_month_2026,
  title = {man-month},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/man-month},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}