To put (a person) to a piece of work or a task.

To force, put, or set (a person) to a task; to impose a task on; to assign a definite amount of work to.

transitive. To assign. Obsolete.

Const. to, with, with n. or infinitive. Often figurative.

To assign (a workman) to a definite task.

transitive. To assign or grant (work, a contract, etc.) to an applicant. Also const. out: cf. sense to let out 6 at phrasal verbs below.

To set or appoint (a person) to do something; =, to put on 8a at put, v. phrasal verbs 1.