headcount

headcount
headcount head‧count [ˈhedkaʊnt] also head count noun [countable]
1. informal the number of people employed by an organization:

• The new company will operate out of its parent's offices with an initial headcount of 20 staff.

2. do a headcount to count how many people are present at a place or event:

• I did a quick headcount to see how many people had come to the meeting.

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headcount UK US (also head count) /ˈhedkaʊnt/ noun [C or U] INFORMAL
► the number of employees in an organization or at an event or place: »

A thousand people have left in the last six months, bringing the company's headcount down to 3300.

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The student headcount this fall was 34,321.

 cut/reduce/increase the headcount »

To help streamline the company, the board approved proposals to reduce the head count by 10 percent worldwide.

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The company has embarked on a reorganization that should see its headcount fall from 8,200 to 7,000.

● do/conduct/take a headcount — Cf. take a headcount

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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