head count

American  

Or headcount

noun

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

2. any count of support, strength, etc..

   a head count of senators opposing the bill.

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Example Sentences

One of those fears—that AI will cause head count reductions in areas reliant on software—is real, UBS said after speaking with software customers.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Part of the problem is scale: Disney employed 231,000 people at the end of the last fiscal year, so the positions affected by the cuts make up just 0.4% of the company’s overall head count.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

The tax collector’s head count is much lower than it was a year ago.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Equitable Chief Financial Officer Robin Raju says that a large portion of the savings will come from redundant service contracts, systems and head count and that there will be additional synergies for capital and taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

I did a head count: forty campers in all.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

Related Words

• census