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Personnel are the people who are working for a specific company or on a specific project.

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An example of personnel is the customer service staff you hire to answer phones at your office.

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noun

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

Origin: 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

See personnel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The body of persons employed by or active in an organization, business, or service.
b. (used with a pl. verb) Persons.
An administrative division of an organization concerned with the body of persons employed by or active in it and often acting as a liaison between different departments.

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Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French, personal

Origin: , from Latin persōnālis; see personality

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