ERRAND


Meaning of ERRAND in English

/ ˈerənd; NAmE / noun

a job that you do for sb that involves going somewhere to take a message, to buy sth, deliver goods, etc. :

He often runs errands for his grandmother.

Her boss sent her on an errand into town.

—see also fool's errand

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WORD ORIGIN

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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.