man-year

noun

ˈman-ˈyir 

: a unit of the work done by one person in a year composed of a standard number of working days

Examples of man-year in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Unconstitutional federal totalitarianism results in 54 million man-years each year of tax slavery, exponentiating $40 trillion in national debt, and behemoth corrupt federal socialism. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 5 May 2026

If a work year consists of 300 days, that would mean almost 18,000 man-years, which, spread over 20 years, implies a workforce of about 900 men. — IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for man-year

• atmosphere
• biosphere
• centromere
• chemosphere
• chromosphere
• hemisphere
• hydrosphere
• lithosphere
• mesosphere
• microsphere
• miserere
• mountaineer