headcount
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noun
- 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.)“Due to economic difficulties, the company will be making headcount adjustments.”
- By extension, one slot in a workgroup, filled or to be filled by one person.“I've convinced management to give us one more headcount, to take some work off the rest of us.”
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head countworkforcemanpowerpersonnelenrolmentstaffingaccountsizecountingcounttemplateeffectivenumberrecountactualpersonal