headcount

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   The company's headcount on January 1 was 15,203.

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

   Due to economic difficulties, the company will be making headcount adjustments.

4. noun 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.

Similar words

head count workforce manpower personnel enrolment staffing account size counting count

Often followed by

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