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er⋅rand

  [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.
3. a special mission or function entrusted to a messenger; commission.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME erande, OE ærende; c. OHG āruntī; cf. OE ār messenger, Goth airus

Synonyms:
1, 2. mission, task, assignment, chore.
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er·rand   (ěr'ənd)   
n.  
    1. A short trip taken to perform a specified task, usually for another.
    2. The purpose or object of such a trip: Your errand was to mail the letter.
    3. A mission; an embassy.
    4. An oral message that has been entrusted to one.
  2. Archaic
    1. A mission; an embassy.
    2. An oral message that has been entrusted to one.

[Middle English erand, from Old English ǣrend.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Errand

Er"rand\, n. [OE. erende, erande, message, business, AS. [ae]rende, [ae]rend; akin to OS. arundi, OHG. arunti, Icel. eyrendi, ["o]rendi, erendi, Sw. ["a]rende, Dan. [ae]rende; perh. akin to AS. earu swift, Icel. ["o]rr, and to L. oriri to rise, E. orient.] A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.

I have a secret errand to thee, O king. --Judg. iii. 19.

I will not eat till I have told mine errand. --Gen. xxiv. 33.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : errand
Spanish: recado,
German: Besorgungen machen,
Japanese: 使い走り
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errand 
O.E. ærende "message, mission," from P.Gmc. *ærundjam.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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errand

see fool's errand; run an errand.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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