Definition
staff (of a company): employees, personnel, people who work for a company
the teaching staff the teachers (in a school)
the serving staff the waiters and waitresses (in a restaurant)
the ground staff the people who take care of airplanes at an airport
to staff: to find people to work (at a company for example)
to staff a company to provide a company with employees
Pronunciation examples
UK: The staff are unhappy with their pay and conditions.
US: I used an agency to help staff my company.
- "Still, I wish we were at the staff party next door."
- "Staff : Yes."
- "Cc : Delavigne Staff"
- "Narrator : And what do your human staff think of this?"
- "Bruno : Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Delavigne staff parking lot!"
- "To say thank you for all your hard work lately, and to celebrate our moderately successful first quarter sales, I'm pleased to announce that the senior staff of the Delavigne Corporation will be taking a team-building trip this weekend!"
- "SAN FRANCISCO – The luxury fragrance industry has been rocked by allegations that one of the senior staff of the Delavigne Corporation may be a spy."
- "Voiceover : Previously, at the Delavigne Corporation: Lucie Lohan, heiress to the Lohan fortune ran away from the company because the staff wouldn't stop singing."
- "Brian Jones will be showing Ms. Lohan the offices, and introducing her to the staff individually."
- "The friendly CRAP Staff"
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