Sentence:  Ask yourself this question: If you delegate, will the task be done: [...] "Sooner"<!--italics in original--> (completing the task earlier, e.g. this project will finish <WSD>close of play</WSD> Thursday if I delegate; if I do not, <WSD>close of play</WSD> Friday) 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The end of the working day