[tɑːsk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a piece of work to be done or undertaken
(e.g: a new manager was given the task of developing the club's talent)


Phrases:
- take someone to task

Origin:
Middle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French tasche, from medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxare ‘censure, charge’ (see tax). An early sense of the verb was ‘impose a tax on’

[tɑːsk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- assign a task to
(e.g: NATO troops are tasked with separating the warring parties)


Phrases:
- take someone to task

Origin:
Middle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French tasche, from medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxare ‘censure, charge’ (see tax). An early sense of the verb was ‘impose a tax on’