Meaning of Headcount | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

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

“Population 39,693 (just north of 115,000 today), Cheltenham has been overtaken by Gloucester in terms of headcount.”

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

“The last⟳ headcount data for BTP is from December 2022, when the number⟳ of BTP officers was 3,183, up from 3,175 in April 2022.”

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

“I've convinced management to give⟳ us one more headcount, to take⟳ some work⟳ off the rest⟳ of us.”

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