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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 er·rand /ˈɛrənd/
 差使,差事,跑腿,當差

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Er·rand n.  A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.
    I have a secret errand to thee, O king.   --Judg. iii. 19.
    I will not eat till I have told mine errand.   --Gen. xxiv. 33.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 errand
      n : a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary
          task or mission