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errand

er.rand \'er-*nd\ n [ME erend message, business, fr. OE -rend; akin to 
   OHG]a-runti message archaic  1a: an oral message entrusted to a person  1b: 
   EMBASSY, MISSION  2a: a short trip taken to attend to some business esp. 
   for another  2b: the object or purpose of such a trip