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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Over the years, according to records and interviews, the university had pored over spreadsheets in minute detail, inflated faculty head count, ordered what professors believed was unnecessary equipment and spent millions luring higher-scoring students — all for rankings. —

Stephanie Saul, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024 Mayer would take a head count and personally run over and buy tickets during lunch. —

IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2012 Lucido, as a state senator a few years ago, pushed for Michigan's bail reform to include another way to reduce the head count in jails. —

Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024 Instead of lining up for a head count or responding to a roll call, legislators now had only to press a button. —

James D’angelo, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019 See all Example Sentences for head count