Headcount

/ˈhɛdˌkaʊnt/ · noun

Meaning

The act of counting how many people are present in a group..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
2. The number of people present in a group or employed by a company.
3. More generally, a consideration of a company's appropriate staffing level based on some larger context. (Generally used adjectivally.)
4. By extension, one slot in a workgroup, filled or to be filled by one person.

Example Sentences

Let's take a quick headcount, to make sure we're all here.

Population 39,693 (just north of 115,000 today), Cheltenham has been overtaken by Gloucester in terms of headcount.

The company's headcount on January 1 was 15,203.

The last headcount data for BTP is from December 2022, when the number of BTP officers was 3,183, up from 3,175 in April 2022.

Due to economic difficulties, the company will be making headcount adjustments.

I've convinced management to give us one more headcount, to take some work off the rest of us.

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• headcounts
• head count

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