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