Definitions for personnel
ˌpɜr səˈnɛlper·son·nel

Princeton's WordNet(3.40 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. force, personnelnoun

   group of people willing to obey orders

   "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"

2. personnel department, personnel office, personnel, staff officenoun

   the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. personnelnoun

   employees; office staff

2. Etymology: From personnel.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. personnel

   Employment is a relationship between two parties regulating the provision of paid labour services. Usually based on a contract, one party, the employer, which might be a corporation, a not-for-profit organization, a co-operative, or any other entity, pays the other, the employee, in return for carrying out assigned work. Employees work in return for wages, which can be paid on the basis of an hourly rate, by piecework or an annual salary, depending on the type of work an employee does, the prevailing conditions of the sector and the bargaining power between the parties. Employees in some sectors may receive gratuities, bonus payments or stock options. In some types of employment, employees may receive benefits in addition to payment. Benefits may include health insurance, housing, disability insurance. Employment is typically governed by employment laws, organisation or legal contracts.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Personnelnoun

   the body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from materiel

2. Etymology: [F. See Personal.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Personnel

   As in any other field of human activity, specialized personnel constitute a key commanding resource to generate outcome.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. personnel

   Those individuals required in either a military or civilian capacity to accomplish the assigned mission.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. personnel

   A word adopted from the French, and expressive of all the officers and men, civil and military, composing an army or a naval force.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. personnel

   (Fr.). All the officers and men, military and civil, composing an army, or any part of one, as opposed to matériel.

Matched Categories

1. • Department
   • Organization

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'personnel' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3017

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'personnel' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4067

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'personnel' in Nouns Frequency: #1305

How to pronounce personnel?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say personnel in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of personnel in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of personnel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of personnel in a Sentence

1. Defense Mark Esper:

   The entire Department is deeply saddened by the loss of our first active duty member to Covid-19. Our thoughts are with the family of the Theodore Roosevelt sailor who lost Theodore Roosevelt battle with the virus today. We remain committed to protecting our personnel and their families while continuing to assist in defeating this outbreak.

2. Green Village.The US:

   At President Biden's direction, Green Village.The US military forces conducted precision airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor Syria today. These precision strikes are intended to defend and protect Green Village.The US forces from attacks like the ones on August 15 against Green Village.The US personnel by Iran-backed groups.

3. Jerome Stoll:

   We also have the target of almost 100 extra personnel at Enstone this year as well as over 30 extra personnel at Viry.

4. Michael Ryan:

   Since January, we've experienced 119 separate attacks, 42 of which have been directly on health facilities, with 85 health personnel either injured or killed in those settings, we are anticipating a scenario of continued intense transmission.

5. State Department spokesman Mark Toner:

   We have made great progress towards making our posts safer since 2012, … Our implementation efforts include work to expand the corps of Diplomatic Security personnel, enhance interagency coordination to address threat information, expand the Marine Security Guard program, and accelerate projects to build and upgrade secure facilities.

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