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census

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cen·sus  (snss)
n.
1. An official, usually periodic enumeration of a population, often including the collection of related demographic information.
2. In ancient Rome, a count of the citizens and an evaluation of their property for taxation purposes.
tr.v. cen·sused, cen·sus·ing, cen·sus·ed
To include in a census; conduct a census of: "Every plant one centimeter in diameter or larger is censused every five years" John P. Wiley, Jr.

[Latin cnsus, registration of citizens, from cnsre, to assess; see kens- in Indo-European roots.]

census
Noun
pl -suses an official periodic count of a population including such information as sex, age, and occupation [Latin censere to assess]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.censuscensus - a periodic count of the population
counting, enumeration, numeration, count, reckoning, tally - the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"
Verb1.census - conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest"
count, numerate, enumerate, number - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
Translations
Spanish census [ˈsɛnsəs] ncenso
French census [ˈsɛnsəs] nrecensement m
German census [ˈsɛnsəs] nVolkszählung f
Italian census [ˈsɛnsəs] ncensimento

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But a wiser man has arisen--the census taker--and his larger estimate of human interest has been preferred in marking out the field of these little stories of the "Four Million.
Though so short a period ago --not a good life-time --the census of the buffalo in Illinois exceeded the census of men now in London, and though at the present day not one horn or hoof of them remains in all that region; and though the cause of this wondrous extermination was the spear of man; yet the far different nature of the whale-hunt peremptorily forbids so inglorious an end to the Leviathan.
But Plato, in his treatise of Laws, thinks that a difference in circumstances should be permitted to a certain degree; but that no citizen should be allowed to possess more than five times as much as the lowest census, as we have already mentioned.
 
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