CENSUS


Meaning of CENSUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsen(t)-səs ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from censēre

Date: 1634

1. : a count of the population and a property evaluation in early Rome

2. : a usually complete enumeration of a population ; specifically : a periodic governmental enumeration of population

3. : count , tally

• census transitive verb

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