°A
trip to accomplish a small mission or to do some business (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.).
"The errands before he could start the project included getting material at the store and getting the tools he had lent his neighbors."
°The purpose of such trip.
"I'm going to town on some errands."
verb
°To send someone on an errand.
°To go on an errand.