1. A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.
2. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
3. A function to be performed; an objective.
4. to assign a task to or impose a task on.
5. to overburden with labor; tax.
6. take to reprimand or censure.

1. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
2. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
3. an objective.
4. A process or execution of a program.
5. to assign a task to, or impose a task on.
6. to oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
7. to charge, as with a fault.

1. labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
2. business; employment; undertaking; labor.
3. to impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
4. to oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
5. to charge; to tax, as with a fault.

1. to tax; charge.
2. to take to task; charge with something.
3. to impose a task upon; assign a definite amount of labor to.
4. to oppress with severe or excessive labor or exertion; occupy or engage fully, as in a task; burden.
5. A tax; an assessment; an impost.
6. labor imposed; especially, a definite quantity or amount of labor; work to be done; one's stint; that which duty or necessity imposes; duty, or duties collectively.
7. specifically A lesson to be learned; a portion of study imposed by a teacher.
8. work undertaken; an undertaking.
9. burdensome employment; toil.

1. assign a task to
2. use to the limit
3. any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
4. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee