(US, Canada) Alternative form of waitstaff.

(UK) Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.

plural of wait staff

plural of waiting staff

(computing) Any of several instances in which a computer's processor cannot execute instructions (either for the entire computer, or just for a specific task) until an I/O operation completes, or until an interrupt is resolved

An ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service.

A room in some public place for people to wait.

plural of lady-in-waiting

(idiomatic) To eagerly anticipate; to find it hard to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event. / To need to be attended to right away.

A lady, often a noblewoman, in the household of a queen, princess, or other woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant, generally a role considered an honour.