roster

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ros=ter

CIDE DICTIONARY

roster, n. [Perhaps a corruption of register; or cf. roll.].

 A register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

roster, n. & v.
--n. a list or plan showing turns of duty or leave for individuals or groups esp. of a military force.
--v.tr. place on a roster.

Etymology

Du. rooster list, orig. gridiron f. roosten ROAST, with ref. to its parallel lines

THESAURUS

roster

account, agenda, annals, batting order, beadroll, bill, bill of fare, blueprint, budget, cadastre, calendar, card, carte du jour, catalog, census, census report, checklist, checkroll, chronicle, correspondence, docket, documentation, dramatis personae, head count, history, honor roll, inventory, jury list, jury panel, letters, lineup, list, list of agenda, memorial, menu, muster, muster roll, nose count, order of business, pipe roll, playbill, poll, program, program of operation, programma, property roll, prospectus, protocol, questionnaire, record, recording, register, registry, relic, remains, returns, roll, roll call, rolls, rota, schedule, scroll, slate, table, tax roll, token, trace, vestige

ROGET THESAURUS

roster

List

N list, catalog, catalogue, inventory, register, account, bill, bill of costs, terrier, tally, listing, itemization, atlas, book, ledger, catalogue raisonne, tableau, invoice, bill of lading, prospectus, bill of fare, menu, carte, score, census, statistics, returns, contents, table of contents, outline, synopsis, checklist, table, chart, database, index, inverted file, word list, concordance, dictionary, lexicon, vocabulary, glossary, thesaurus, file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book, Red book, Blue book, Domesday book, cadastre, directory, gazetter, almanac, army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list, Almanach de Gotha, cadaster, Lloyd's register, nautical almanac, who's who, Guiness's Book of World Records, roll, check roll, checker roll, bead roll, muster roll, muster book, roster, panel, jury list, cartulary, diptych, cadastral.