counts

1. The act of counting or tallying a quantity.

   Give the chairs a quick count to check if we have enough.

2. The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
3. A countdown.
4. A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding.
5. The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.

   He has a 3–2 count with the bases loaded.

6. An object of interest or account; value; estimation.

1. To recite numbers in sequence.

   Can you count to a hundred?

2. To determine the number (of objects in a group).

   There are three apples; count them.

3. To be of significance; to matter.

   Your views don’t count here.    It does count if you cheat with someone when you’re drunk.

4. To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.

   Apples count as a type of fruit.

5. To consider something an example of something.

   He counts himself a hero after saving the cat from the river.   I count you as more than a friend.

6. To take account or note (of).
7. To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.

1. The male ruler of a county.
2. A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.

noun

(of a statistic) To be enumerated rather than represented as a proportion or percentage.