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headcount, n. orig. U.S.
Brit. |ˈhɛdkaʊnt|, U.S. |ˈhɛdˌkaʊnt|
[‹ head n.1 + count n.1]
1. An instance of counting the number of people present; the action or process of ascertaining the total number of people (or sometimes things) in a particular category; a census.
1924Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 11 596 His data are based very largely upon head counts and not upon the number of infected plants. 1927Science 4 Mar. p. xiv/1 Census figures before 1741 in China were misleading because the head count included only males between 16 and 60 years. 1941Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 22 612 Zorita points out that the head-count itself was completely unknown to the Indians in antiquity. 1963J. F. Kennedy in N.Y. Times 4 Apr. 10 It's bound to be a generalized figure, because it's impossible to take a detailed head count. 1983Listener 28 July 18/1, I refuse to participate in the distasteful sectarian head-count that still happens in Northern Ireland all too frequently. 1995L. Garrett Coming Plague xiv. 509 Estimates of the size of the nation's homeless population ranged from about 200,000 to 2,200,000, based on head counts in emergency shelters and a variety of statistical approaches to the problem. 2001Science 13 July 191/3 He doubts many researchers will sign up but hasn't taken a ‘head count’ of potential users.
2. A total number of people, etc.; spec. the total number of (permanent) employees in a particular organization. Also: the total number of people (or sometimes things) in a particular category.
1947E. C. Ropes in M. Ezekiel Towards World Prosperity x. 199 A million cattle were driven about 2,000 miles along the roads..and arrived at their destinations with a higher head count than when they started. 1958Operations Res. 6 839 The total plantwide headcount, Xi, in any given week, i, is the decision variable for each stage of the decision process. 1975Business Week (Nexis) 7 July 52 Wiser instituted drastic cost cuts. These included:..Reducing the employee headcount to a projected 34,300 in 1975, down from a peak 39,600 in 1970, closing some city ticket offices. 1989Managem. Today July 32/4 He reduced the headcount by over half to under 2,000. 1996European Rep. (Electronic ed.) 5 Jan. This decline in numbers was particularly marked in Greece, the UK, and Germany, where farm labour headcount fell by 15%, 12%, and 10% respectively. 2001Financial Times 27 Jan. 13/4 The integration of Phoenix would raise London Bridge's worldwide headcount to 750 and has prompted a restructuring of senior management at the company. |