tuntimäärän

tuntimäärän is the genitive form of tuntimäärä, a Finnish noun that denotes the amount of time measured in hours. It is used to express how many hours are required, planned, or billed for a task or project. The base unit is tunti, or hour.

In practical use, tuntimäärä appears in work planning, budgeting, invoicing, and contract language. It may be an estimated figure (arvioitu tuntimäärä) or an actual figure (tuntimäärä of completed work). Billing often combines tuntimäärä with tuntihinta (hourly rate) to calculate charges, such as 15 tuntimäärä multiplied by a hourly rate of 50 euros.

Grammatically, tuntimäärän is the genitive singular form; the plural is tuntimäärät and the genitive plural is tuntimäärien. The term is closely related to other time- and cost-related concepts such as tuntihinta (hourly rate), työaika (working time), and projektikohtainen budjetointi (project-based budgeting).

Notes on usage: tuntimäärä can refer to both time allocated for planning and time actually spent. In budgeting and invoicing, distinguishing between estimated tuntimäärä and actual tuntimäärä is common, as it affects scheduling, resource allocation, and billing accuracy. The concept is widely used in employment, freelancing, and project management in Finnish-speaking contexts.