From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Conditions of employmentrotaro‧ta /ˈrəʊtə $ ˈroʊ-/ noun [countable]British EnglishBECLIST a list that shows when each person in a group must do a particular jobSYN rostera cleaning rotaExamples from the Corpusrota• These people would undertake to read a daily service and carry out a rota of chores.• We could certainly do with a rota of people to man the museum and more volunteers to put on it.• Finally, many thanks to the parents and all the other folk who helped us by being part of the dutyrota.• Executionrota is a duty that I dread.• Heads of departments can forecast their purchaserequirements and plan the labour and holidayrotas.• A new rota was issued to committee members. 2.• The phonerota was redrawn so that the week was divided between five, not six.• Loi began the rota, partly because he insisted but also because he at least knew how to control our two cookers.