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human resources plural noun
n Definition
the department of an organization that deals with finding new employees, keeping records about all the organization's employees, and helping them with any problems
(Definition of human resources plural noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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