Task
Task (tȧsk) , noun
[Old English taske, Old French tasque, French tâche, for tasche, Late Latin tasca, taxa, from Latin taxare to rate, appraise, estimate. See Tax, n. & v.]
1.
Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
Ma task of servile toil.
Each morning sees some task begin,
Each evening sees it close.
2.
Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.
Collocations (1)
To take to task , See under Take.
Task , transitive verb
1.
To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.
2.
To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
3.
To charge; to tax, as with a fault.
Too impudent to task me with those errors.