task

T'ASK, noun 1. Business imposed by another, often a definite quantity or amount of labor. Each man has his task When he has performed his task his time is his own. Exodus 5:14.2. Business; employment.His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.3. Burdensome employment.To take to task to reprove; to reprimand; as, to take one to task for idleness.T'ASK, verb transitive 1. To impose a task; to assign to one a definite amount of business or labor.2. To burden with some employment; to require to perform.There task thy maids, and exercise the loom