S: (n) baby (a project of personal concern to someone) "this project is his baby"
S: (n) enterprise, endeavor, endeavour (a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)) "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"
S: (n) job, task, chore (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"
Verb
S: (v) task (assign a task to) "I tasked him with looking after the children"
S: (v) tax, task (use to the limit) "you are taxing my patience"