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personal (PUR suh nuhl) (adjective)
1. Describing an action or a measure taken by an individual without intervention by another: It was Trudy's personal decision to try to swim the English Channel.
2. Relating to one's body; private: Jenifer's mother taught her good personal hygiene.
3. Relating to an individual's conduct, often in a negative context: It felt like a personal insult when Ingrid left the party early without an explanation.
personnel (pur" suh NEL) (noun)
1. A group of individuals or staff who are employed or engaged in some activity: The list of personnel was posted in the lunch room at Dale's office.
2. A department or part of an organization which is concerned with employees: The senior staff member from personnel is interviewing candidates for the new position that is available.

The representative from personnel at the agency to which he applied for a summer job asked for his personal information; including, telephone number, address, etc.

personnel (pl) (noun) (a plural used as a singular)
People who are employed in an organization or engaged in an undertaking: A few examples of personnel are the military personnel, business personnel, and educational personnel.
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personnel (s) (noun), personnel (pl)
1. A term used for the people or individuals working for an organization or business: The annual report on the personnel at Jim's firm noted that wages were rising slowly over the years.

The business department of an organization that is responsible for hiring, training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management.

2. Etymology: from Latin persanalia, from French personal, "people employed in any kind of business, service, or work."
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