errand
noun
[ ˈɛr(ə)nd ]
• a short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf.
• "she asked Tim to run an errand for her"
Similar:
task,
job,
chore,
assignment,
collection,
delivery,
shopping,
trip,
run,
journey,
mission,
expedition,
operation,
undertaking,
commission,
business,
message,
Origin:
Old English ǣrende ‘message, mission’, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German ārunti, and obscurely to Swedish ärende and Danish ærinde .
