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Headcount
//ˈhɛdˌkaʊnt// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 number of people in a particular group wordnet
- 3 The number of people present in a group or employed by a company.
"The company's headcount on January 1 was 15,203."
- 4 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."
- 5 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."
Etymology
From head + count.
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