The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Count \Count\ (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counted; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Counting.] [OF. conter, and later (etymological
   spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished;
   conter to relate (cf. Recount, Account), compter to
   count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to
   reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See Pure,
   and cf. Compute.]
   1. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose
      of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection;
      to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.
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            Who can count the dust of Jacob?      --Num. xxiii.
                                                  10.
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            In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only
            three miserable cabins.               --Macaulay.
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   2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider
      or esteem as belonging.
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            Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him
            for righteousness.                    --Rom. iv. 3.
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   3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or
      consider.
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            I count myself in nothing else so happy
            As in a soul remembering my good friends. --Shak.
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   To count out.
      (a) To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured
          that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended
          upon.
      (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting
          of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is
          not present.
      (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a
          fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said
          of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.]

   Syn: To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See
        Calculate.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

counting
    n 1: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order;
         "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count,
         counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning,
         tally]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "counting":
   accounting, assimilating, census, comprising, containing, covering,
   dactylonomy, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing,
   enumeration, envisaging, foliation, including, inclusive,
   incorporating, inventorying, measurement, numbering, numeration,
   pagination, quantification, quantization, tallying, telling