hourage

hourage

English

Etymology

hour +‎ -age

Noun

hourage (countable and uncountable, plural hourages)

1. A period of time measured in hours.
   • 1924, Decisions of the United States Railroad Labor Board with Addenda and Interpretations (page 781)

     On that date an additional man was added for the purpose of reducing the hourage on the run and reducing the punitive overtime payable under the provisions of amendment 1 […]

   • 1997, Samuel M. Natale, ‎Mark B. Fenton, Business Education and Training (page 159)

     The government has prescribed hourages for other courses and time to be spent in school, so there is no room in the college timetable.