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headcount

noun
/ˈhɛdˌkaʊnt/

Etymology

From head + count.

  1. derived from computō
  2. derived from conter
  3. derived from conter
  4. inherited from counten
  5. compounded as headcount — “head + count”

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • Population 39,693 (just north of 115,000 today), Cheltenham has been overtaken by Gloucester in terms of headcount.

  2. The number of people present in a group or employed by a company.

    • 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.

  3. More generally, a consideration of a company's appropriate staffing level based on some…

    More generally, a consideration of a company's appropriate staffing level based on some larger context. (Generally used adjectivally.)

    • Due to economic difficulties, the company will be making headcount adjustments.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. By extension, 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA