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.

Examples of head count in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These founders aren’t scaling head count or chasing inflated valuations. —Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025

Another seven hours passed before the regular morning head count revealed that the 10 men were missing from Pod 1-D. —Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 24 May 2025

That in turn lifted the club’s head count; by the end of last season, United’s 811 administrative staff was a league high, with only Liverpool’s 782 coming anywhere close. —Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 May 2025

The deputies did not report the incident with the door, or Wallace's interception, to superiors, and failed to do a proper head count after finding him, the sheriff's office said. —Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 24 May 2025

Rhymes for head count

• account
• amount
• discount
• dismount
• recount
• remount
• seamount
• surmount
• fount
• mount
• rediscount
• subaccount