The minimum number of employees needed to operate a business during a vacation, weekend, or other period when people do not normally work, or full staffing is not necessary.

(idiomatic, often literary or poetic) Bread or some other staple foodstuff.

plural of staff officer

(surveying, archaeology) A graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level.

A staff with a crosspiece at the top like a crutch.

(surveying, archaeology) A graduated pole used in the process of establishing heights and altitudes.

To hire new staff; to fill vacancies in a workforce.

plural of staff function

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus).

The members of staff who work out of public view, such as the coaching team in a sports club.