headcount
Say it: HED-kownt /ˈhɛdkaʊnt/ · noun
What “headcount” means
The number of people working in a business or team.
More precisely: The number of people employed by an organization or team.
Example: “We doubled our headcount this year, mostly in engineering.”
When to use it
In workplace planning, when discussing how many employees a team has or can afford to hire.
Memory trick
Picture counting each person's head once to find the team's size.
Similar words
staff numbers, workforce, personnel
Quick check
A studio employs eight designers and two assistants. What name describes its total number of employees?
turnover or headcount?
Show the answer
headcount
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