a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else. the purpose of such a trip: He finished his errands. a special mission or function entrusted to a messenger; commission.

Is errands an American word?

errand | American Dictionary

a short trip you make to do something, such as buying or delivering things in the neighborhood: He would clean, do errands, and babysit for their 7-year-old daughter. I've got to run a few errands (= do errands) and then stop by my mother's.

What is the meaning of errands in a sentence?

countable noun. 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. She had a more urgent errand.