Number

v. t.
  1. To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate.
  2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.
  3. To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.
  4. To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.
    5. Numbering machine ,
    a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc.