census

n. an official process of counting every person in a country and recording facts about them.

n. a periodic official enumeration of a population, often including the collection of demographic data such as age, occupation, and housing.

“The government carries out a national census every ten years to plan for new schools and hospitals.”

“The 2020 census revealed significant demographic shifts, with a notable increase in the urban population compared to the previous decade.”

n. a type of tax that people had to pay to a lord in the past.

n. a registration of citizens and their property for purposes of taxation; specifically, a feudal tax or tribute.

“In medieval times, the census was a tax paid by peasants to the landowner.”

“The legal documents from the fourteenth century detail the various forms of census and labor services owed by the tenantry to the manor.”

Archaic · Technical