Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - errand
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Errand
errand
~ n 1 a short journey in order to do something for someone, for example delivering or getting something for them (I have a couple of errands for you. | send sb on an errand) (His mother sent him on an errand. | run an errand) (Uncle Pio has made me run errands for him all morning.) 2 errand of mercy literary or humorous a journey made in order to help someone who is in a very difficult or dangerous situation (- see also (send sb on) a fool's errand fool1 (10))
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1.
(errands) 1. 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. She went off on some errand... N-COUNT 2. If you run an errand for someone, you do or get something for them, usually by making a short trip somewhere. She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother... PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
noun Etymology: Middle English erend message, business, from Old English ?rend; akin to Old High German arunti message Date: before 12th century 1. archaic a. an oral message entrusted to a person b. embassy, mission 2. a. a short trip taken to attend to some business often for another was on an ~ for his mother b. the object or purpose of such a trip ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. 1 a short journey, esp. on another's behalf, to take a message, collect goods, etc. 2 the object of such a journey. Phrases and idioms errand of mercy a journey to relieve suffering etc. Etymology: OE {aelig}rende f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский строительный словарь
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1. поручение, задание to go on an errand —- пойти по поручению to send on an errand —- послать с поручением to run errands —- быть на посылках ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun поручение; командировка to go on an errand - поехать, пойти по поручению to run (on) errands - быть на посылках - fools errand бесплодная затея; to send smb. on fools errand дать кому-л. бессмысленное поручение - make an errand ...Англо-русский словарь
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