ERRAND

errand

Noun

  1. A trip to accomplish a small mission or to do some business (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.)
    The errands before he could start the project included getting material at the store and getting the tools he had lent his neighbors.
  2. The purpose of such trip.
    I'm going to town on some errands.
  3. An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.

Verb

  1. To send someone on an errand.
    All the servants were on holiday or erranded out of the house.
  2. To go on an errand.
    She spent an enjoyable afternoon erranding in the city.


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