Definition of "man-years" [man-years]

• Plural form of man-year. (noun)

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• "Basically, ITAR says that everything is a weapon, and that you can go to jail for selling it overseas if you don't spend a million dollars, a year of delay, and a few man-years of labor to clear it with the State Department."
• "There are more than 80 million baby boomers in the U.S. Just counting the last ten years, that totals 800 million man-years of experience, only a tiny portion of which has been tapped."
• "The potential lost human time — averaging on the order of 1hr or more per round trip — as a result of using public transport vs. personal transport, quickly adds up to millions of man-years for a nation."