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by appplication 25 days ago
In this case, ask is a noun, synonym for a request. “My only ask is that you tell me before you leave”
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Despite being proper english, it has not been part of common language in the past centuries - except for corporate culture, where it probably took of around the 90s. For most people it sounds just as alien as circle back, synergies and not having the bandwidth for X.