task

nouns

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

"he prepared for great undertakings"

a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

"estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"

chore, job, task

verbs

assign a task to

"I tasked him with looking after the children"

task

is a type of (narrower)

give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

assign, delegate, depute, designate

use to the limit

"you are taxing my patience"

task, tax