task

/ˈtask/

Middle English taske, from Middle French dialect (Picardy, Flanders) tasque, from Medieval Latin tasca tax or service imposed by a feudal superior, alteration of *taxa, from taxare to tax

noun

  1. a usually assigned piece of work often to be finished within a certain time

  2. something hard or unpleasant that has to be done

  3. duty, function

task duty job chore stint assignment mean a piece of work to be done. task implies work imposed by a person in authority or an employer or by circumstance. duty implies an obligation to perform or responsibility for performance.

verb

  1. to assign a task to

  2. to oppress with great labor

  3. to impose a tax on

employees tasked with updating the files

noun

  1. a strip of icons usually at the bottom of a computer screen showing programs that may be used by selecting their icons