Definition of Head count

1. Noun. Number of people in a particular group.

Exact synonyms: Headcount
Generic synonyms: Count

Definition of Head count

1. Noun. An act of counting a small group of people. ¹

2. Noun. The exact number of people in a group or organization. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Head Count

head case
head cases
head cavity
head cheese
head cheeses
head coach
head cold
head colds
head cook and bottle-washer
head cook and bottle-washers
head cook and bottle washer
head cook and bottle washers
head cooks and bottle-washers
head cooks and bottle washers
head count
head counts
head covering
head coverings
head crash
head down, bum up
head fake
head fakes
head first
head fold
head for the hills
head game
head games
head gasket
head gate

Literary usage of Head count

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Linkages Between Government Spending, Growth, and Poverty in Rural India by Shenggen Fan, Peter Hazell, Sukhadeo Thorat (1999)
"Table 18 Changes in the incidence of poverty, by state, head count ratio, 1951 93 Jammu Andhra Himachal and Year Pradesh Assam Bihar Gujarat Haryana Pradesh ..."

2. The Egyptian Food Subsidy System: Structure, Performance, and Options for Reform by Akhter U. Ahmed (2001)
"The head-count index indicates that 26.5 percent of the population in Egypt ... The poverty 17 The head-count index (P0) shows the proportion of the poor ..."

3. African Voices on Structural Adjustment by Thandika Mkandawire (2003)
"Looking at the head-count results we note that at the minimum level of estimated poverty seven countries have a head-count ratio in excess of 60%, ..."

4. The Teacher and His Staff: Differentiating Teaching Roles: Report of the by Thomas Charles Bridges, H Hessell Tiltman, National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards (U.S.) (1909)
"The educator problem is not essentially a question of producing a national head count of warm bodies to match gross projections of staffing demands. ..."

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