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noun

an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals.

any count of support, strength, etc.: a head count of senators opposing the bill.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

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The fewer students Benton Harbor had, the less money it was allocated by a state formula that distributed school funding based largely on student head count.
Held Back: Inside a Lost School Year|by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, photography by Cydni Elledge|June 28, 2021|ProPublica
It also allowed the mayor to ignore the head count provision based on “fiscal necessity.”
“City Hall Put the Kibosh on That”: The Inside Story of How de Blasio Promised, Then Thwarted NYPD Accountability|by Eric Umansky and Jake Pearson|June 11, 2021|ProPublica
The office wasn’t able to fill the positions fast enough to keep up with the exits, and today, with a head count of 20 staffers, is almost half of the size it was at its peak in 2017, when it had 38.
Inspecting the NYPD “Puzzle Palace”|by Topher Sanders|April 15, 2021|ProPublica
The captain did a quick head count, and checked that everyone was OK.
Our Favorite Comments of the Year|Thomas Lin|December 23, 2020|Quanta Magazine

The filing comes less than two weeks after the retailer announced plans to slash its corporate head count by 20 percent and rearrange its store lineup and supply chain infrastructure to prioritize e-commerce.
Pandemic bankruptcies: A running list of retailers that have filed for Chapter 11|Abha Bhattarai|December 4, 2020|Washington Post