head count
Americannoun
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an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals.
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any count of support, strength, etc..
a head count of senators opposing the bill.
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The transport company noted its head count is still lower than it was a year ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
“We’re running a tight ship here,” McDermott said, adding that ServiceNow has kept its head count flat and saved $1 billion in costs by using its autonomous workflow tools internally.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Microsoft is cutting more than 3,000 jobs in its Xbox division, a fifth of the division’s total head count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Those cuts represent about one-fifth of the division’s total head count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
I did a head count: forty campers in all.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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