rota

Who works when

A rota is a list or schedule showing when different people are assigned to do particular tasks—essentially a roster for rotating duties.

The word is more common in British than American English: Who's on the cleaning rota this week?

The nurses work according to a rota. (Capitalized Rota refers to a Roman Catholic tribunal.)

schedule

duty

Required moral task

calendar · planner · assignment · allocation · booking · appointment · agenda · itinerary · timeline · arrangement

shift

duty

Required moral task

graveyard · on-call · overtime · double · weekend · holiday · cover · swap · relief · standby

roster

team

Organized cooperative unit

  • squadSmall working group
  • crewWorking team aboard
  • staffOrganization's workers collectively

personnel · members · names · list · roll · register · signup · volunteers · participants · workforce

Categories
Opposites
structure and planning

rotachaos

Complete disorder and confusion

disorder · disorganization · randomness · free-for-all · improvisation

regularity and rotation

rotafixed position

Unchanging spatial placement

random selection · on-demand · lottery · free-for-all

Phrases
Family

rotate, rotation, rotating, rotated, rotary, rotates, rotor, rotational, rotatable

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G