An office, duty, function.

A thing to be done; what a person or thing has to do; a task to be carried out; a function to be served. Also (in later use chiefly) as a mass noun.

= wike, n.

A person's office, duty, business, or function. Usually preceded by possessive adjective. Obsolete.

Charge, care (committed to or laid upon any one); a duty, office, function. Obsolete (except as in 4).

That which one ought to or has to do in the way of service; that which is required or expected. A duty attaching to a person's station, position…

Charge, duty entrusted to one; office. Obsolete.

The action which one's position or station directly requires; business, office, function.

A person's share in some action; a duty; a business, concern, or affair; what one has to do. Also: the function of a thing.

With possessive adjective or genitive: a task appointed or undertaken; a person's duty, part, or role (frequently to do something); function…

An order to undertake a particular task or duty; (now frequently) a request, instruction, or order to produce a particular (esp. artistic, musical…

Business, affair, ado.

An office, function, or dignity. Obsolete.

A person's role in life, society, or within an organization; an employment, profession, or calling.

An accustomed employment, a duty belonging to one's office.

Business; an action, occupation, or affair. Now archaic.

A person's particular responsibility, duty, or role. Usually with preceding possessive adjective.

= business, n.