errand has definitions from the field of transportation
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[ noun ] (transportation) a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

No_one would question such an errand .

He explained his errand , but without bothering much to make it plausible , for he felt something well_up in him which was the reason why he had fled the army .

He stopped and whispered his errand .

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

Inside , as_soon_as Mr._Skopas had disclosed - in a hoarse whisper - the detective 's errand , his family gathered in a huddle , forming a mass of dark flesh on and around a brocaded sofa which stood at one side of a baroque fireplace .

(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)

It was Giselle , the fille_de_chambre , come to clean the room , and while she stood before him with ears pricked_up and regard all curiosity , explaining her errand , Alex could see from the corner of his eye the doctor doing all he could to calm the displeased bird .

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