person-year
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person-year
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Compound of person + year, although, as with any such unit of measure (e.g., ton-miles, newton metres), the mathematical relationship of multiplication is simultaneously involved: X persons working during Y years = X × Y = Z person-years.
noun person-years
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One person's working time for a year, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.
Meronyms: person-hour, man-hour < person-day, man-day < person-month, man-month
Similar: man-year
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noun one person's working time
| 日本語 | 人年 ninnen |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 人年 rénnián |
| Français | année-homme |
| Italiano | anno-uomo |
| Ελληνικά | ανθρωποέτος anthropoétos |
Talk about this word "person-year." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/person-year. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. person-year. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/person-year "person-year." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/person-year.Cite this
@misc{person_year_2026,
title = {person-year},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/person-year},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
