headcount

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headcount

/ˈhɛdˌkaʊnt/

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From head + count.

noun headcounts · head count

The act of counting how many people are present in a group. Let's take a quick headcount, to make sure we're all here.
Similar: capitation
The number of people present in a group or employed by a company. The company's headcount on January 1 was 15,203.
attributive More generally, a consideration of a company's appropriate staffing level based on some larger context. Due to economic difficulties, the company will be making headcount adjustments.
broadly One slot in a workgroup, filled or to be filled by one person. I've convinced management to give us one more headcount, to take some work off the rest of us.

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@misc{headcount_2026,
  title = {headcount},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/headcount},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}