A periodic count of the population.

synonyms: nose count, nosecount.

Roget 85: numeration; numbering etc. v.; pagination; tale, recension^†, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation^†; calculation, calculus; algorithm, algorism^†, rhabdology^†, dactylonomy^†; measurement etc. 466; statistics.    arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions^†; differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus; calculus of differences.    [Statistics] dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation; account etc. (list) 86.    [Operations] notation, , addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration.    [Instruments] abacus, logometer^†, slide rule, slipstick [Coll.], tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan-pan^†; adding machine; cash register; electronic calculator, calculator, computer; [people who calculate] arithmetician, calculator, abacist^†, algebraist, mathematician; statistician, geometer; programmer; accountant, auditor.    ... show more

Roget 86: list, catalog, catalogue, inventory; register etc. (record) 551.    account; bill, bill of costs; terrier; tally, listing, itemization; atlas; book, ledger; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; tableau; invoice, bill of lading; prospectus; bill of fare, menu, carte [Fr.]; score, census, statistics, returns.    [list of topics in a document] contents, table of contents, outline; synopsis.    [written list used as an aid to memory] checklist.    table, chart, database; index, inverted file, word list, concordance.    dictionary, lexicon; vocabulary, glossary; thesaurus.    file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book.    Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre [Fr.]; directory, gazetter^†.    almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list; Almanach de Gotha^†, cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical almanac; who's who; Guiness's Book of World Records.    roll; check roll, checker roll, bead roll; muster roll, muster book; roster, panel, jury list; cartulary, diptych.    ... show more

Dutch: volkstelling

Conduct a census.

Dutch: tellen