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bad delivery

noun

Definition of bad delivery 

: a tender of securities on a stock exchange that are not in proper transferable or negotiable form or not in compliance with the terms of a contract or the rules of an exchange

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First Known Use of bad delivery

circa 1934, in the meaning defined above

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