Staff | Mean of staff in English Dictionary

/ˈstæf/

• Noun
• a group of people who work for an organization or business
1. The entire staff has done a great job this year.
2. The staff is at a meeting.
3. a teaching/sales/editorial/coaching/pitching staff
4. the hospital/library/kitchen staff
5. The department has a staff of 40 (people).
6. She's a new member of the staff.
7. He has been on the staff [=a member of the staff] for 25 years.
8. (US) There are 100 people on staff. [=working as members of the staff]
9. (Brit) She's a new member of staff.
10. a staff member/director/writer/meeting
• a group of military officers who help a commanding officer but who do not take part in active fighting
1. The general's staff is planning the army's next move.
2. The company employs 20 full-time staff.
3. The staff are at a meeting.
• a long stick that you carry in your hand for support while walking

• a long stick that is carried as a symbol of authority
1. a bishop's staff
• the five horizontal lines and the spaces between them on which music is written
• a basic food
• Verb
• to supply (an organization or business) with workers
1. We'll need 300 workers to properly staff the hotel.
2. The department is staffed with an equal number of men and women.
3. The office is fully staffed.
• to work for (an organization or business) as a member of a staff
1. the 300 workers who staff the hotel
2. The organization is staffed by volunteers.