[{"word":"headcount","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of counting how many people are present in a group.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The number of people present in a group or employed by a company.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"More generally, a consideration of a company's appropriate staffing level based on some larger context. (Generally used adjectivally.)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Due to economic difficulties, the company will be making headcount adjustments."},{"definition":"By extension, one slot in a workgroup, filled or to be filled by one person.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I've convinced management to give us one more headcount, to take some work off the rest of us."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/headcount"]}]