census

Census — taker visits a family living in a caravan, Netherlands 1925 A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular… …   Wikipedia

Census — • A canonical term variously defined by different writers Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Census     Census     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

census — cen·sus n: a usu. complete count of a population (as of a state); esp: a periodic governmental count of a population that usu. includes social and economic information (as occupations, ages, and incomes) see also article i and amendment xvi of… …   Law dictionary

census — cen‧sus [ˈsensəs] noun censuses PLURALFORM [countable] 1. an occasion when the population of a country is officially counted and details about the people are recorded: • the 2001 Census of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2. an occasion when… …   Financial and business terms

Census — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. An official registration of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

census — (n.) 1610s, from L. census the enrollment of the names and property assessments of all Roman citizens, originally pp. of censere to assess (see CENSOR (Cf. censor) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

Census [1] — Census, 672–74 König von Wesser s. England (Gesch.) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

Census [2] — Census, 1) (röm. Ant.), alle 5 Jahre auf dem Forum, seit 434 v. Chr. in der Villa publica auf dem Marsfelde gehaltene Schätzung der römischen Bürger nach ihrem Vermögen, wurde 577 v. Chr. von dem Könige Servius Tullius (s.u. Rom [Gesch.])… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

Census — (lat.), s. Zensus. C. hereditarius, Abschoß; C. immigrationis, Anzugsgeld (s.d.) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

Census — Census, in der röm. Republik die alle 5 Jahre durch die Censoren vorgenommene Zählung der Bürger und deren Eintheilung in eine der 6 Klassen nach dem Maßstabe des Grundvermögens. Die Klassen selbst waren in Centurien getheilt, und jede Centurie… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

census — [n] head count demographics, demography, enumeration, poll, population tally, statistics, stats; concepts 283,786 …   New thesaurus