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  • noun Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.

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Examples

  • Restaurants are required by the IRS to report "estimated" tips and waitstaff is expected to pay income tax on those tips.

    Tipping 2007

  • For one thing, I went to Mama Inés, a café I don't otherwise like because the waitstaff is in general so arrogant and slow for non-muscle marys, but they have a very good pan tomaca breakfast.

    Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2006

  • All the waitstaff were amused with my camera, but then the boss lady came to my table and asked what I was doing.

    New York City? Get a rope! | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2006

  • All the waitstaff were amused with my camera, but then the boss lady came to my table and asked what I was doing.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Homesick Texan 2006

  • C Ro: You may be right about the service being cold — I never test to see if the waitstaff will be my friend.

    Etta’s: The Unbearable Guilt | Seattle Metblogs 2005

  • And if you're making a scouting trip to the venue ahead of time, do some fact-finding with people you encounter, such as waitstaff and local shopkeepers.

    Statesman - AP Sports 2009

  • Both of those numbers include a daily supply of not-very-good bread (10.80 euros), bottled water (36.00 euros), and excellent coffee (8.67 euros), which Debbie Sánchez or another member of the waitstaff makes to order.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

  • Jack Hattem, Ron Sion and Akiva Dickstein would work as the waitstaff.

    Where a Dinner Goes for $100,000 Marshall Heyman 2011

  • Thank you to all the waitstaff and managers, who have given me a home away from home.

    The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011

  • The mojitos and caipirinhas made from infused sugarcane that went out to a lucky few on June 16 are also on nearly every menu, where they confound the waitstaff, who must come up with an acceptably polite way of explaining to diners how to consume them.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

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