upstaff
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]upstaff (third-person singular simple present upstaffs, present participle upstaffing, simple past and past participle upstaffed)
- To hire additional employees, thereby increasing the size of the workforce.
- 1996 February 29, Rex Weiner, Michael Williams, “Samsung, Milchan pact”, in Daily Variety:
- Samsung is planning to upstaff and move its West Coast offices, currently located in Orange County, to Century City.
- 1988 December 31, Gary Webb, “Health ministry accused of strikebreaking”, in The Globe and Mail (Canada):
- Mr. Armes said “a decision by the ministry to upstaff the service it operates in Brampton was a key factor” in the negotiators’ decision to recommend the new offer.
- 2001, Karen Sandler, Eternity, →ISBN, page 39:
- “I see merit in upstaffing Thea,” Gideon said.
- 2016, Graeme Pole, Siren Call, →ISBN:
- Meanwhile, David and I upstaffed the spare and pulled two people out of a rollover at the Minnewanka Interchange.