cen ‧ sus /ˈsensəs/ BrE AmE noun ( plural censuses ) [countable]
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: censere 'to make a judgment about, tax' ]
1 . an official process of counting a country’s population and finding out about the people
2 . an official process of counting something for government planning:
a traffic census