Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To assign a task to; to impose a task on. · To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax · To institute a tax on. · To charge, as with a fault.
A piece of work done as part of one’s duties. · A state of diligence in work on a task. · Any piece of work done. · A single action undertaken by a given agent.
From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxō (“to censure; to charge”). Doublet of tax.
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