service staff
2
2.5
- noun
- /ˈsɜrvɪs stæf/
:
personal de servicio
- The training was given to teachers, teacher assistants, and related service staff members.
- technical service staff
- social service staff
- food service staff
Examples
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Dinner at Blue Nile is a comfortable, unrushed dining experience, and the service staff seemed well-versed on the menu.
Blog text (3) -
Two schools hired a part-time food service staff person.
Academic text (2011) -
I thought we checked all the service staff.
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What's the customer service staff doing with that data?
Academic text (2001) -
Everyone, from the bellhops to the room service staff, would ask me every day.
Blog text (6) -
And lastly, we would have employed customer service staff to maintain communication with customers.
Blog text (1) -
We are a school family that includes custodial, clerical, and food service staff, as well as students, professional staff, and parents.
Academic text (1993) -
Sessions were held with members of the student services staff, informing them of the impending changes.
Academic text (1997) -
The hotel employed a dedicated team of service staff to ensure that guests had a pleasant stay.
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During the busy season, the restaurant needed more service staff to handle the large number of customers.
Synonyms
1
2.8
A group of workers who fix and look after buildings and equipment
How Operational
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'employees responsible for providing support services' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'service' (assistance/work) with 'staff' (employees). This simple noun+noun composition is common and mirrors equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Service staff comes from times when large houses used a team to look after the home: service meant the 'help' who cooked, cleaned and served, and staff meant the group of workers. So service staff today means the team of employees who keep a place running and help customers.