Synonym: hands, men, work force, workforce. Similar words: power, empower, powerful, superpower, power cut, powerless, willpower, empowered. Meaning: ['mænpaʊə(r)] 
n. the force of workers available.
n. the force of workers available. 
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1 Manpower will be reduced by an average of 20 per cent.
2 They drew the manpower from those people.
3 The police are seriously short of manpower.
4 The industry has suffered from a lack of manpower.
5 The country was drained of its manpower and wealth by war.
6 There's not enough qualified manpower to staff all the hospitals.
7 It may be objected that not enough manpower is available.
8 Money and skilled manpower are the main constraints.
9 The country has a large pool of skilled manpower.
10 The neighboring kingdoms,(www.Sentencedict.com) in manpower and resources are still overwhelmingly powerful as compared to yourselves.
11 Constraints of finance, manpower and time all conspire to limit what may be achieved, and compromises are inevitable.
12 As such it should be able to supply manpower statistics and other personnel information quickly in response to line management requests.
13 In terms of manpower all three types of decision are constantly being made at all levels of the nursing organisation.
14 There are rumours from other regions of two manpower lists[sentencedict.com], one for local consumption and one for the Department of Health.
15 Statistical techniques for manpower planning: Development of statistical methods for use in manpower planning.
16 I simply do not have the manpower to make arrests in the teeth of such concerted action.
17 That was fine when manpower was cheap and farming was labour intensive, when families worked in the fields man and boy.
18 By 1979, local-government current spending and manpower was at its highest level.
19 We have undertaken a major review to ensure best use of the available manpower.
20 These people do not have the equipment or the manpower to cut down the trees.
21 The factory's opening hours over the holiday period will depend on the availability of manpower.
22 This has produced savings to date of ￡24m of which ￡13m related to manpower.
23 Mr. Lloyd Of course, but decisions on the effective use of manpower are taken by the police authority and the police force.
24 The Commission was set up to look at the management of the manpower resources of the National Health Service.
25 Seeking the assistance of the local job Centre and of the nursing consultant employed by the Manpower Service Commission.
26 Righting the economy demanded major cuts in Defence spending and the release of skilled manpower from the Services to export-orientated industries.
27 Restoration to full running order is dictated by finance and available manpower.
28 But the deployments and continual training may be taking a toll on experienced manpower, officers fear.
29 Winter embarked upon a more systematic approach to the manpower function.
30 The department produces a wide range of reports relating to aspects of company manpower.
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