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staff


2staff

verb

Definition of STAFF

transitive verb
1
: to supply with a staff or with workers
2
: to serve as a staff member of <an organization staffed by volunteers>

Examples of STAFF

  1. We'll need 300 workers to properly staff the hotel.
  2. the 300 workers who staff the hotel

First Known Use of STAFF

1859

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