headcount
noun
Meaning
- The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- The number of people present in a group or employed by a company.
- More generally, a consideration of a company's appropriate staffing level based on some larger context. (Generally used adjectivally.)
- By extension, one slot in a workgroup, filled or to be filled by one person.
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