1 the supply of people who are able to work:
For years there was a shortage of manpower in engineering.
2 the supply of people who are able to work or who are needed to do a particular job:
The long-term solution to the acquisition of adequate scientific manpower is training in the countries concerned.
Military power was no longer based simply upon manpower.
It follows that securing a successor or supplementary manpower was difficult and the smooth development from one family life-cycle stage to another was often obstructed.
Over eighty per cent of the population lives in the 100,000 villages whose manpower is the country's principal asset.
As the number of referrals has greatly increased, issues of available manpower, time and cost have been raised, especially in today's cost containment environment.
The sub-committee on manpower was given the task of reviewing the problem of speedy procurement and the maximum utilization for war of the nation's manpower.
Their manpower was limited and their military equipment negligible.
The loss of mine, machinery, and manpower in colliery explosions released a 'runaway train ' of social progress.
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