errand

[ er-uhnd ]
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noun
  1. a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.

  2. the purpose of such a trip: He finished his errands.

  1. a special mission or function entrusted to a messenger; commission.

Origin of errand

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English erande, Old English ærende; cognate with Old High German āruntī; compare Old English ār “messenger,” Gothic airus; not related to err, errant

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errand

/ (ˈɛrənd) /


noun
  1. a short trip undertaken to perform a necessary task or commission (esp in the phrase run errands)

  2. the purpose or object of such a trip

Origin of errand

1
Old English ǣrende; related to ār messenger, Old Norse erendi message, Old High German ārunti, Swedish ärende

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Other Idioms and Phrases with errand

errand

see fool's errand; run an errand.

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