About The Word Census
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Census
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What's The Definition Of Census?
[n] a period count of the population
[v] conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest" Synonyms | Synonyms for Census: nosecount Related Terms | Find terms related to Census: account | accounting | accounts | agenda | assemblage | assembly | beadroll | body count | cadastre | calendar | call-up | canvass | capitulation | census report | checklist | checkroll | code | collection | colligation | collocation | combination | comparison | composition | concourse | concurrence | confluence | conflux | congregation | constituents | content | contents | convergence | corralling | count | counting | dactylonomy | data-gathering | digest | divisions | docket | dramatis personae | elements | enumeration | foliation | gathering | guts | head count | honor roll | index | ingathering | ingredients | innards | insides | inventory | inventorying | items | junction | jury list | jury panel | juxtaposition | lineup | list | measurement | mobilization | muster | muster roll | nose count | numbering | numeration | order of business | pagination | part | parts | poll | program | property roll | quantification | quantization | questionnaire | recapitulation | reckoning | recount | recounting | rehearsal | repertory | returns | rodeo | roll | roll call | roster | rota | roundup | scroll | statement | summary | summation | summing | summing up | survey | table | table of organization | tallying | tax roll | telling | whole See Also | count | count | counting | enumerate | enumeration | number | numerate | numeration | reckoning | tally Census In Webster's Dictionary \Cen"sus\, n. [L. census, fr. censere. See {Censor}.]
1. (Bot. Antiq.) A numbering of the people, and valuation of
their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; --
usually made once in five years.
2. An official registration of the number of the people, the
value of their estates, and other general statistics of a
country.
Note: A general census of the United States was first taken
in 1790, and one has been taken at the end of every ten
years since.
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