errand

Meanings

Noun

  • A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
  • The purpose of such a journey.
  • An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.

Verb

  • To send someone on an errand.
  • To go on an errand.

Origin

  • From Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *ārundī ("message, errand").

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