tasking

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of task

noun

1. A task; an assigned item of work.

   “Action officers receive taskings in many ways. A top boss will grab you in the hall and tell you to do something, some key official will give you multiple taskings right in the middle of your briefing, and you will pick up taskings in staff meetings […]”