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"
the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors
Chores are tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home. My husband and I both go out to work so we share the household chores
[ 'chOr, 'chor ] (noun.) 1746. From Middle English cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”) from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijanan (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (German kehren (“to turn”)).