head count
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈhead count noun 1 COUNT/CALCULATE[countable] the act of counting how many people are present in a particular place at one time 点人数 The teachers did a head count to check that none of the kids was missing. 老师们清点学生人数以核实没有孩子丢失。2. [countable, uncountable] technical the number of people working for a company 职员总数
Examples from the Corpus
head count• There is still no adequate head count of the revolutionary intelligentsia.• However, Mr Nasser concedes it has been only recently that he has made real progress in reducing his head count.• Thirty men in all, by Grant's head count.• As a Senate vote on the balanced-budget amendment draws closer, so too does the head count.• The council tax will retain the most objectionable parts of the poll tax - the head count tax on the individual.• In the end, however, Mosbacher decided to stick with the traditional head count.ˈhead count nounChineseSyllable
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head count
ˈhead count
noun
1. [countable] the act of counting how many people are present in a particular place at one time:
The teachers did a head count to check that none of the kids were missing.
2. [uncountable and countable] technical the number of people working for a company
ˈhead count
noun1. [countable] the act of counting how many people are present in a particular place at one time:
2. [uncountable and countable] technical the number of people working for a company