headcount

1. The act of counting how many people are present in a group.

   Let's take a quick headcount, to make sure we're all here.

   number of people in a particular group

2. The number of people present in a group or employed by a company.

   The company's headcount on January 1 was 15,203.

3. (attributive)More generally, a consideration of a company's appropriate staffing level based on some larger context.

   Due to economic difficulties, the company will be making headcount adjustments.

4. (broadly)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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