Errand
Errand , noun
[Old English erende, erande, message, business, Anglo-Saxon arende, arend; akin to Old Saxon arundi, Old High German arunti, Icelandic eyrendi, orendi, erendi, Swedish arende, Danish arende; perh. akin to Anglo-Saxon earu swift, Icelandic orr, and to Latin oriri to rise, English 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.
I will not eat till I have told mine errand.
2.
Any specific task, usually of a routine nature, requiring some form of travel, usually locally. An errand is often on behalf of someone else, but sometimes for one's own purposes.
3.
A mission.
Collocations (1)
To run an errand , To perform an errand{2}.