问题

The word task originally meant money to be paid by people of businesses to a government fo

The word task originally meant money to be paid by people of businesses to a government for public purposes, but not it refers to work that has to be done. This is an example of ______.

A．narrowing of meaning

B．widening of meaning

C．meaning shift

D．loss of meaning

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