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Small as in few in number. Consider the phrase a “a large crowd”. Or its size if you take it as the aggregate size - I.e. population. That works too.

• sd9 3y ago
  Small crowd, or small team, parses just fine. Small staff sounds strange.
  • TylerE 3y ago
    In the UK staff is used much the way “team” or “employees” are used in the US. It’s a collective noun. “Staff must park behind the building”.