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head count

head count is the alternative form of headcount.

Meaning of headcount

Noun

headcount (plural headcounts)

  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.
    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.
  3. (attributive) 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. (broadly) 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.

Forms of head count

pluralhead counts

Questions about head count

What is head count the alternative form of?
Head count is the alternative form of headcount.

Words near head count in the dictionary

  1. head cook and bottle washers
  2. head cook and bottle-washer
  3. head cook and bottle-washers
  4. head cooks and bottle washers
  5. head cooks and bottle-washers
  6. head count
  7. head counts
  8. head cover
  9. head covering
  10. head coverings
  11. head covers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: head count (page history and authors); headcount (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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