noun errand A short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, often on someone else's behalf. 1
countable noun errand An errand is a short trip that you make in order to do a job for someone, for example when you go to a shop to buy something for them. 0
noun errand a short trip undertaken to perform a necessary task or commission (esp in the phrase run errands) 0
noun errand the purpose or object of such a trip 0
noun errand a trip to carry a message or do a definite thing, often esp. for someone else 0
noun errand the thing to be done on such a trip; purpose or object for which one goes or is sent 0
