court vs staff

court

noun
  • The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state. 

  • An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings. 

  • Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone 

  • A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac. 

  • An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. 

  • Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign. 

  • Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. 

  • one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play 

  • The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace. 

  • The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases. 

  • The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. 

  • The session of a judicial assembly. 

  • A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games 

  • The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both. 

  • A housing estate under the House Ownership Scheme. 

verb
  • To risk (a consequence, usually negative). 

  • To attempt to attract. 

  • To attempt to gain alliance with. 

  • To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract. 

  • To seek to achieve or win. 

  • To engage in courtship behavior. 

  • To try to win a commitment to marry from. 

  • To engage in behavior leading to mating. 

  • To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections. 

staff

noun
  • An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. 

  • The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder. 

  • An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch. 

  • A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave. 

  • A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office. 

  • A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking. 

  • The employees of a business. 

  • A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed. 

  • A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ 

  • A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave. 

verb
  • To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members. 

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