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"task" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often job (3 letters).
Definitions
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“daily task”
“monotonous task”
“regular task”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Assigned job”4 letters
02“Job to finish”4 letters
03“Piece of work”4 letters
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