The total number of people who are suited to a particular type of work The term is typically associated with Manpower Requirements or Availability, etc
{i} power available from or supplied by human labor; total number of people available for service
The total demand, expressed in terms of number of individuals, associated with a system Manpower is indexed by requirements which consist of quantified lists of jobs, slots, or billets that are characterised by the descriptions of the required number of individuals who fill the job, slots or billets
Workers are sometimes referred to as manpower when they are being considered as a part of the process of producing goods or providing services. the shortage of skilled manpower in the industry These people do not have the equipment or the manpower to cut down the trees. all the workers available for a particular kind of work