head-counting
/ˈhɛdkaʊntɪŋ/noun
The action of counting the number of people present or belonging to a particular category; the practice of taking a headcount.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Freeman's Journal. From head + counting.
- companation
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- compander
- compandor
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- companion
- companionability
- companionable
- companionableness
- companionably
- companionage
- companion animal
- companionate
- companion cavalry
- companion cell
- companion crop
- companion cropping
- companioness
- companionhood
- companion-in-arms
- companionize
- companion ladder
- companionless
- companionly