headcount
Total people present
A headcount is the number of people in a group, organization, or location, determined by counting individuals: The company reduced its headcount by fifteen percent.
The term appears frequently in business contexts referring to staffing levels: We need to get headcount approval before posting the job.
Also spelled as two words.
Complete sum
- numberSymbol representing quantity
- enumerationSequential listing of items
- tabulationOrganizing data systematically
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
figure · sum · quantity · census · roll call · attendance · register · roster
Paid staff members
- workforceAll available workers
- personnelWorkers at an organization
- HREmployee management department
- human resourcesEmployee administration department
hiring · recruitment · payroll · FTE · full-time · part-time · contractors · layoffs
All inhabitants combined
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- surveySystematic data collection
- enumerationSequential listing of items
- statisticsCollected numerical information
residents · inhabitants · households · data · sampling · registry · documentation · ethnicity
People at an event
- participantsThose actively involved
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- crowdLarge public gathering
- guestsPeople received hospitably
delegates · members · spectators · turnout · assembly · congregation · admission · capacity
total
Complete sum
- numberSymbol representing quantity
- enumerationSequential listing of items
- tabulationOrganizing data systematically
calculation · figure · sum · quantity · census · roll call · attendance · register · roster · inventory
employees
Paid staff members
human resources · hiring · recruitment · payroll · FTE · full-time · part-time · contractors · layoffs · downsizing
population
All inhabitants combined
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- surveySystematic data collection
- enumerationSequential listing of items
statistics · residents · inhabitants · households · data · sampling · registry · documentation · ethnicity · socioeconomic
attendees
People at an event
- participantsThose actively involved
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- crowdLarge public gathering
guests · delegates · members · spectators · turnout · assembly · congregation · admission · capacity · venue
- attendance methodsroll call, sign-in sheet, time clock, punch card, badge swipe
- attendance trackingattendance log, roll call, attendance sheet, excused absence, unexcused absence
- crew assemblyroll call, muster, lineup, crew manifest, boarding call
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- countingcounting, countdown, tally, tallying, numeral
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
headcountlayoffs
Mass job eliminations
reduction in force · downsizing · workforce reduction · attrition · staff cuts
headcountvacancy
Unoccupied space or position
empty seats · no-shows · missing persons · shortfall · vacancies