head counts

Attendees officially recorded

Head counts refers to the total number of people in a group, organization, or location.

The term treats people as units to be tallied: The head counts for each department showed marketing had grown fastest.

Often used in employment contexts to track staffing levels, or at events to verify attendance.

Also spelled as one word: headcounts.

attendance

roll call

Attendance-taking procedure

presence · sign-in · no-shows · RSVP · guest list · admittance · capacity · occupancy · participation · tally

inventory

stock

Goods kept for sale

merchandise · warehouse · quantities · stocktake · audit · SKU · reorder · shrinkage · on-hand · discrepancy

census

enumeration

Sequential listing of items

households · residents · sampling · statistics · citizenship · ethnicity · age distribution · birthrate · mortality · migration

crowd

throng

Dense pressing crowd

audience · spectators · masses · mob · turnout · estimation · aerial view · density · overflow · standing room

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precision of measurement

head countsestimates

Rough calculations of value

approximations · projections · guesstimates · ballpark figures · educated guesses

presence vs. absence of enumeration

head countsunknown quantities

Unidentified values in equations

presence vs. absence

head countsvacancies

Unfilled positions available

absences · attrition · departures · empty seats · shortfalls

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head, count, heads, counts, headed, heading, header, headers, headless

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