headcount

plural headcounts · alternative head count

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.

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   Population 39,693 (just north of 115,000 today), Cheltenham has been overtaken by Gloucester in terms of headcount.

   2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56

   Synonyms: capitation

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

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

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   The last headcount data for BTP is from December 2022, when the number of BTP officers was 3,183, up from 3,175 in April 2022.

   2023 March 8, “Network News: More than 200 BTP vacancies”, in RAIL, number 978, page 12

3. attributiveMore 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. broadlyOne 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.