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Rota (noun)
A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
“ux|en|[The manager] instituted a rota for having the players attend supporters’ club meetings throughout the season, telling them it was part of the job of being a footballer. [http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/25/west-brom-three-degrees-book-extract]”
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Rota (noun)
A kind of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music.
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Roster (noun)
A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.
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Roster (noun)
A list of the jobs to be done by members of an organization and often with the date/time that they are expected to do them.
“The secretary has produced a new cleaning roster for the Church over the remainder of the year.”
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Roster (verb)
To place the name of (a person) on a roster.
“I have rostered you for cleaning duties on the first Monday of each month.”