staffing
staffing is the present participle and gerund of staff.
Noun
staffing (plural staffings)
- the practice of hiring and firing staff
- The personnel required for some project.
- In accordance with an agreement made in 1855, "the Junction Station" (Coaley) was erected at the expense of the Dursley Company, which also paid for the staffing of it.1956 September, 'Precursor', “The Dursley & Midland Junction Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 599
Meaning of staff
Verb
staff (third-person singular simple present staffs, present participle staffing, simple past and past participle staffed)
- To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.
- Interlaken East station is jointly owned with the standard gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway from Bern and Thun and the Swiss Federal Railways metre-gauge Brünig line from Lucerne, but is managed and staffed by the Bernese Oberland group.1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 750
Forms of staffing
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Phrases with staffing
Questions about staffing
- What does staffing mean?
- Staffing means the practice of hiring and firing staff.
- What is staffing the present participle and gerund of?
- Staffing is the present participle and gerund of staff.
- What part of speech is staffing?
- Staffing is a noun.
- What is the plural of staffing?
- The plural of staffing is staffings.
Words near staffing in the dictionary
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