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nose count

nose count noun: synonym of headcount.

Noun

nose count (plural nose counts)

  1. (dated, idiomatic, uncommon) Synonym of headcount.
    • Again, we can afford the nose count - because, where we have to, we can undo its results.1935, Max Radin, Alexander Marsden Kidd (editors), Legal Essays in Tribute to Orrin Kip McMurray, page 313
    • Getting back to the question, in all fairness to you and to everyone concerned, because there is a matter of money involved in this thing, although your statement was that it was not sufficient, that is, a simple nose count and a housing census, would that have some importance, however?1962, United States, Congress, House, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Subcommittee on Census and Statistics, Mid-Decade Census, page 15
    Synonyms:
    headcount

Synonyms of nose count

Forms of nose count

pluralnose counts

Questions about nose count

What does nose count mean?
Nose count means synonym of headcount.
What part of speech is nose count?
Nose count is a noun.
What is the plural of nose count?
The plural of nose count is nose counts.

Words near nose count in the dictionary

  1. nose candy
  2. nose cap
  3. nose caps
  4. nose cone
  5. nose cones
  6. nose count
  7. nose counts
  8. nose deaf
  9. nose dive
  10. nose dives
  11. nose flute

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