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head count

or head·count (hĕd′kount′)

1. The act of counting people in a particular group.

2. The number of people counted in this way.

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head count

headcount

1. a check of the number of people present

2. (Commerce) commerce the number of people employed by a company or organization

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head′ count`

or head′count`,

an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals: a head count of senators opposing the bill.

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The study, based partly on actual head counts of churchgoers, argues that the rate of church attendance is actually about half that claimed for years by social scientists.