count for

1. Have importance or worth, as in Doesn't his long tenure count for anything? or Does this tournament count for computer points? This usage employs count in the sense of “enter into a reckoning.” [Mid-1800s]

2. count for nothing . Have no influence or effect, as in All his work counts for nothing since they've dropped the project . This idiom was first recorded in 1861.

Example Sentences

As such, they still count for a lot.

From BBC

As Rory Smith basically said on the Monday Night Club, they don't count for much anyway, because he has been playing in the Belgian league and they are rubbish at shooting.

From BBC

The scan count for the next game, against Alabama State, was just a smidgen higher at 14,093.

From Los Angeles Times

He knows his searingly honest appraisal of United and his welcome openness in outlining how he is trying to improve things will count for absolutely nothing if they lose to Arsenal at Old Trafford in their Premier League season opener on 17 August.

From BBC

If the count gets winnowed down to just two candidates, your vote will count for whichever of them you ranked highest — even if you ranked one at No. 5, and didn’t rank the other at all.

From Salon