errand

Definitions


[ˈɛrənd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf
(e.g: she asked Tim to run an errand for her)


Phrases:
- errand of mercy

Origin:
Old English ǣrende ‘message, mission’, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German ārunti, and obscurely to Swedish ärende and Danish ærinde




definition by Oxford Dictionaries