a count
A way for little kids to figure out how many cookies they want. Sometimes it's used to cheat in elections or to sell a million products.
My kid did a count to see how many cookies he wanted. He wanted 100. Now I'm out of cookies.
The company did a count to see how many phones they sold. They sold a million. Now they're rich.
The teachers did a count to see how many kids failed. They failed all of us.