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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sen-suh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛn səs |
Définition of census
Origin :- 1610s, from Latin census "the enrollment of the names and property assessments of all Roman citizens," originally past participle of censere "to assess" (see censor (n.)). The modern census begins in the U.S., 1790., and Revolutionary France. Property for taxation was the primary purpose in Rome, hence Latin census also was used for "one's wealth, one's worth, wealthiness."
- noun head count
- The percentage of males in the State by the census of 1900 was 52.3.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- By the census of 1870 the number of insane persons in the State was 3,414.
- Extract from : « The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes » by James Quay Howard
- This can be verified by reference to any census of any penal institution.
- Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks
- The diminution revealed by the 1911 Census amounts to 76,000.
- Extract from : « Home Rule » by Harold Spender
- He tells us that when our first census was taken only four per cent.
- Extract from : « Checking the Waste » by Mary Huston Gregory
- I'll take a census in the spring if the priests don't get frightened.
- Extract from : « Stories by English Authors: Orient » by Various
- These figures are taken from the census report for the year 1860.
- Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
- The returns of the Seventh Census will shortly be completed.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 » by Various
- Laborers were enrolled in the census and held for the state.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- How intensely interesting it would be to take a census of vices.
- Extract from : « The Green Carnation » by Robert Smythe Hichens
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