rota
A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or privilege between a set of…A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
» The new rotas are now available.
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2 senses(Ireland, UK)A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
on a rota basis
сменаsmena
A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music.
- a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties
- (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts
Examples
23 sentencesThe new rotas are now available.
My rota is very full this week.
The new rotas are in the office.
A new rota will be posted later.
I have had a busy rota this week.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotor and ruote.Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotor and ruote.
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