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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: man-year
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
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