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# headcount

«headcount» in Mova's school dictionary: **a count of how many people are present, done by counting…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a headcount, headcounts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A headcount is a count of how many people are present, done by counting heads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headcount/#m1)

2) (formal) Headcount is the number of people working in a company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headcount/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

On school trips teachers do a headcount to make sure no one is missing; maths problems use the headcount as the total number of people. In business news it means number of workers. Phrases: «do a headcount», «reduce headcount».

### examples

- The teacher did a headcount before the bus left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headcount/#x1)
- Headcount: 28 pupils, all here. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headcount/#x2)
- After lunch we did another headcount. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headcount/#x3)
- The company cut its headcount by 50. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headcount/#x4)
- The headcount was 120; 15 left early — how many stayed? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headcount/#x5)
- We need a headcount for the pizza order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headcount/#x6)

### note

Countable; one word (sometimes head count). In maths, the headcount is the total of people. «Reduce headcount» is a business euphemism for letting workers go.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «headcount» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headcount/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.