headcountnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhed.kaʊnt/us/ˈhed.kaʊnt/the act of counting how many people are present in a place:
The teacher did a quick headcount before we all got back on the bus.
the number of people who are in a place, at an event, or employed by a company:
Times were hard, and the company was unwilling to increase the headcount (= employ more people).
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Numbering & counting
- absolute value
- cash
- cash up
- count
- count sth out
- counter
- decimal
- innumerate
- modulus
- number
- number line
- numerate
- pagination
- reckon
- reckon sth in
- recount 1
- run
- run into sth
- standard form
- tot sth up
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