Meaning Of The Word Census

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What's The Definition Of Census?

census
countable noun: A census is an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people's ages and jobs.

census in American English
in ancient Rome, the act of counting the people and evaluating their property for taxation
noun: an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
transitive verb: to take a census of (a country, city, etc.)

census in British English
noun: an official periodic count of a population including such information as sex, age, occupation, etc

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