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cen·sus
I. \ˈsen(t)səs\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Latin, from censēre to assess, tax — more at censor
1. archaic : poll tax
2. : a count of the, especially male, population and a property evaluation held every fifth year in early Rome
3. : an official enumeration of the population of a country, city, or other administrative district generally including vital statistics and other classified information relating to the social and economic conditions
< census returns >
< census bureau >
4. : a count, list, or tally typically concerning items not easy to count and conducted with care and thoroughness
< a census of manufacturing establishments >
< a census of deer in a game refuge >
< a census of extant copies of a first edition >
5. civil law : a ground rent or rent charge
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
: to take a census of : count in a census
< census the game birds of an area > |