Definition: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Usage: 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
Main entry: undertaking, task, labor, project
Definition: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
Usage: he prepared for great undertakings
Definition: use to the limit
Usage: you are taxing my patience
Main entry: task
Definition: assign a task to
Usage: I tasked him with looking after the children