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personnel definition

per·son·nel (pʉr′sə nel′)

noun

  1. persons employed in any work, enterprise, service, establishment, etc.
  2. a personnel department or office

Etymology: Fr (lit., personal), prob. infl. by Ger personal, earlier personale < ML, orig. neut. of L personalis

adjective

of or relating to the division within a business or other enterprise whose functions include hiring and training employees, and administering their benefits

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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