Task :  (noun)
1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking, project, labor]
2: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's 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 farmer's morning chores" [syn: job, chore] ... ( more )

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