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動詞

upstaff (third-person singular simple present upstaffs, present participle upstaffing, simple past and past participle upstaffed)

1. 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.