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errand

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er·rand  (rnd)
n.
1.
a. A short trip taken to perform a specified task, usually for another.
b. The purpose or object of such a trip: Your errand was to mail the letter.
2. Archaic
a. A mission; an embassy.
b. An oral message that has been entrusted to one.

[Middle English erand, from Old English rend.]

errand [ˈɛrənd]
n
1. a short trip undertaken to perform a necessary task or commission (esp in the phrase run errands)
2. the purpose or object of such a trip
[Old English ǣrende; related to ār messenger, Old Norse erendi message, Old High German ārunti, Swedish ärende]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.errand - a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
trip - a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"

errand
noun job, charge, commission, message, task, mission Frank ran dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.
Translations
errand [ˈerənd]
A. Nrecado m, mandado m (esp LAm)
to run errandshacer recados
errand of mercytentativa f de salvamento
B. CPD errand boy Nrecadero m, mandadero m (esp LAm)

errand [ˈɛrənd] ncourse f
to run errands → faire des courses
to go on an errand → faire une course
to run an errand for sb → faire une course pour qn errand of mercy
errand boy ngarçon m de courses
errand of mercy nmission f de charité, acte m charitable

errand
n (= shopping etc)Besorgung f; (to give a message etc) → Botengang m; (= task)Auftrag m; to send somebody on an errandjdn auf Besorgungen/einen Botengang schicken; to go on or run errands (for somebody)(für jdn) Besorgungen/Botengänge machen; to be out on an errandBesorgungen/einen Botengang machen, etwas erledigen; errand of mercyRettungsaktion f

errand [ˈɛrnd] ncommissione f
to run errands → fare commissioni
errand of mercy → atto di carità
errand [ˈɛrnd] ncommissione f
to run errands → fare commissioni
errand of mercy → atto di carità

errand
n errand [ˈerənd]
1 a short journey made in order to get something or do something especially for someone else He has sent the child on an errand; The child will run errands for you. boodskap uitdra مُهِمَّه، خِدْمَه، عَمَل خفيف поръчка pochůzka, posílka ærinde Besorgungen machen θέλημα recado ametikäik ماموریت؛ پادویی lyhyt matka commission שְׁלִיחוּת दूत कार्य obaviti sitan zadatak megbízás tugas sebagai pesuruh erindi; sendiferð commissione 使い走り 심부름 pavedimas, pasiuntimas būt par izsūtāmo tugas sebagai pesuruh boodschap ærend drobna sprawa do załatwienia recado comision поручение vybavenie (niečoho) opravek porudžbina ärende งานที่ใช้ให้ทำ bir için bir yere gitme 差使 доручення تھوڑی دور کا پھیرا خصوصا کسی اور کا پیغام لے جانے کے لیے việc lặt vặt 使
2 the purpose of such a journey She accomplished her errand. opdrag مُهِمَّه поръчка záležitost, vyřizování ærinde der Botengang αποστολή recado, misión; mandado ülesanne ماموریت؛ پیام رسانی asia commission שְׁלִיחוּת गुमराह obaviti nešto, ostvariti cilj küldetés tugas erindi incarico 用向き (심부름, 여행의) 용건, 볼일 reikalas uzdevums tugas boodschap ærend misja missão comision задание vybavovanie opravek nalog ärende เป้าหมายของการเดินทาง ayak işi, getir götür işi 差事 завдання ایسے پھیرے کا مقصد mục đích


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Will Scarlet had been sent on a similar errand to Barnesdale some time before, if you remember, only to be chased up the hill without his purchase.
During the journey I thought over my errand with misgiving.
Now tell us what is your errand here, beneath the shadow of her who sits in stone?
 
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