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In the business world, ask has been used as a noun at least since 1985 ("I understand it's a big ask...")[1] http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archive
by SatvikBeri 14y ago
In the business world, ask has been used as a noun at least since 1985 ("I understand it's a big ask...")[1]
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001331.html http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001331.h...
- podperson 14y agoGoes back at least as far as 1781: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4246/can-or-should-ask-ever-be-used-as-a-noun http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4246/can-or-shoul... Nouning verbs (like verbing nouns) is very common in English, to the extent it's often unclear which came first.