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errand

er·rand [ érrənd ] (plural er·rands)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. short trip for somebody else's benefit: a short trip somewhere to do something on behalf of somebody else, e.g. to buy something or deliver a message
She sometimes runs errands for me if I'm not well enough to go out.

2. task undertaken for somebody else: a task that somebody goes somewhere to carry out for somebody else

[ Old English ǣrende "message, mission" < ?]
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