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rota.

A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹəʊtə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɹoʊtə/General-American[-ɾə]General-American
  1. A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.

    Ireland · UK
    on a rota basis
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotor and ruote.

noun/ˈɹəʊtə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɹoʊtə/General-American[-ɾə]General-American
  1. A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music.

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