head count
noun
: an act of counting the number of people at a place, event, etc.
She did a head count to make sure all the students were on the bus.
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In a recent business survey, LaSalle Network found that 67% of small and midsize companies plan to increase head count in 2025, down from 74% the year before.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
Jung-bae wound up in a room of three, with Player 001 and some rando — but Player 001 choked the stranger to death in time to reduce their head count, shocking Jung-bae more than a bit.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Dec. 2024
Stellantis has reduced employee head count by 15.5%, or roughly 47,500 employees, between December 2019 and the end of 2023, including a 14.5% reduction in North America, according to public filings.
—Michael Wayland,robert Ferris, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
That came after Zoom had tripled its head count in two years.
—Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2023
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
Jung-bae wound up in a room of three, with Player 001 and some rando — but Player 001 choked the stranger to death in time to reduce their head count, shocking Jung-bae more than a bit.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Dec. 2024
Stellantis has reduced employee head count by 15.5%, or roughly 47,500 employees, between December 2019 and the end of 2023, including a 14.5% reduction in North America, according to public filings.
—Michael Wayland,robert Ferris, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
That came after Zoom had tripled its head count in two years.
—Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2023
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“Head count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20count. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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