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the act of reducing the number of personnel

of an organization or group, to reduce the staff

personnel cuts

We are short of hands―short-handed.

to reduce the staff

the members of a group or staff who are superfluous or dispensable

to fill a vacancy

the total number of person-days for something

to call the roll

roll-call

to limit the number of men

a recruit

a standing staff

to double the complement

to keep an establishment

the members of a certain group

They are planning to cut the staff by half.

effective personnel

to call the roll

The roll is called.

a person who is currently a member of a group

a member who regularly attends meetings

The complement has doubled.

a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)

to collect information about, and take a count of, the number of persons