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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Analysts had expected Comcast to report a head count of some 37.6 million Peacock customers.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2025
The union still wants pay hikes and has refused to accept factory closures and mass layoffs, while Volkswagen wants 10% pay cuts and plans to shutter at least three factories and lop head count by tens of thousands.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
And there were plenty of to-be-sures and caveats attached to that latest head count.
—Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Stellantis has reduced employee head count by 14%, or roughly 40,600 employees, between 2020 and the end of 2023, including roughly 15% reductions in the enlarged Europe North America region, according to public filings.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2025
The union still wants pay hikes and has refused to accept factory closures and mass layoffs, while Volkswagen wants 10% pay cuts and plans to shutter at least three factories and lop head count by tens of thousands.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
And there were plenty of to-be-sures and caveats attached to that latest head count.
—Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Stellantis has reduced employee head count by 14%, or roughly 40,600 employees, between 2020 and the end of 2023, including roughly 15% reductions in the enlarged Europe North America region, according to public filings.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Head count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20count. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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