head count
noun
: an act of counting the number of people at a place, event, etc.
She did a head count to make sure all the students were on the bus.
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The company’s global head count stood at a bit more than 230,000 as of the end of the most recent fiscal year, with most of that being part-time theme park workers.
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Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
In some cases, the fastest way to show results is to simply reduce head count.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
Instead, the expert consensus showed how pollution and resource depletion are driven far more by extraction and overconsumption than by head count.
—Brian C. Keegan, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
If anything, per-pupil public education spending may increase, because states are often slow to reduce school budgets, even when head count falls.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
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Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
In some cases, the fastest way to show results is to simply reduce head count.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
Instead, the expert consensus showed how pollution and resource depletion are driven far more by extraction and overconsumption than by head count.
—Brian C. Keegan, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
If anything, per-pupil public education spending may increase, because states are often slow to reduce school budgets, even when head count falls.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
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“Head count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20count. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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