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staff

Definition

  • noun: a group of people who work for an organization or business
  • noun: a long stick carried in the hand for support in walking
  • verb: to supply (an organization or business) with workers
  • verb: to supply with a staff or with workers
  • often used as '(be) staffed'

Examples

  • ('US') There are 100 people 'on staff'. [=working as members of the staff]

  • The department 'is staffed' with an equal number of men and women.

  • He has been 'on the staff' [=a member of the staff] for 25 years.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I need... Just be sure. Yes, ma'am. I can feel the difference. (speaking Korean) Scream, and your entire staff dies. I could've killed you, Helen, the night we met. I didn't. Do you expect a thank you note? I expect you to know why. The cradle. "This is the next thing, Tony." (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron