any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; he prepared for great undertakings

[ Syn: undertaking , project , labor ]

a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; estimates of the citys 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 farmers morning chores

[ Syn: job , chore ]

assign a task to; I tasked him with looking after the children'

use to the limit; you are taxing my patience

[ Syn: tax ]