Definition of Headcount

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

Exact synonyms: Head Count
Generic synonyms: Count

Definition of Headcount

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

2. Noun. The number of people present in a group or employed by a company. ¹

3. Noun. More generally, a consideration of a company's appropriate staffing level based on some larger context. (Generally used adjectivally.) ¹

4. Noun. By extension, one slot in a workgroup, filled or to be filled by one person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Headcount

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Headcount

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headborough
headboroughs
headcase
headcases
headcheese
headcheeses
headcloth
headcloths
headcollar
headcollars
headcount (current term)
headcounter
headcounts
headcover
headcovers
headdesk
headdesked
headdesking
headdesks
headdress
headdressed
headdresses
headed
headed off
headedness

Literary usage of Headcount

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

1. Perspectives on Growth and Poverty by Rolph van der Hoeven, Anthony F. Shorrocks (2003)
"Conversely. postos labelled as "better cases" are those where the predicted headcount ratios are significantly smaller 1at least 20 per cent ..."

2. The Business of Higher Education: A Study of Public-Private Partnerships in ...by Mahlubi Mabizela by Mahlubi Mabizela (2005)
"Table 3-1 shows headcount total student enrolment and growth of all the technikons between ... Table 3-1: headcount technikon student enrolments and growth, ..."

3. Poverty and Equity: Measurement, Policy and Estimation with DAD by Jean-Yves Duclos, Abdelkrim Araar (2006)
"13.2 Costly targeting 13.2.1 Minimizing the headcount Consider now the case in which P(z) = F(z) is the headcount. •"" (Vi + NBi; z) is then discontinuous ..."

4. Vocational Education and Training in Southern Africa: A Comparative Study by Salim Akoojee, S. McGrath, Anthony Gewer (2005)
"Table 7.2: Total headcount enrolments in education and training sectors, 1970s—2000 Source: Kraak (2003h), derived from Perry ..."

5. Labour Market and Social Policies in Romania by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (2000)
"... using alternative CPI 160 Table A3 Percentage distribution of total households and poor by region using per capita expenditures 161 Table A4 headcount, ..."

6. OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2006 by Oecd (2006)
"Top places of origin of foreign scholars in the United States, United Kingdom 3117 Canada 4125 Germany 4 737 Japan 5 627 headcount, 2003/2004 France 2 842 ..."

7. Education Indicators: An International Perspective by Nancy Matheson, Laura H. Salganik, Richard P. Phelps, Marianne Perie (1997)
"A headcount enrollment counts every student as one student regardless of the ... It is not possible that an FTE count could be higher than a headcount if ..."

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