de·liv·er·able
di-ˈli-v(ə-)rə-bəl
dē-
: able to be delivered : suitable, ready, or in condition for delivery
… households that rely on deliverable fuels [=fuels that can be brought to one's home], such as home heating oil …—Keith M. Phaneuf
She's smartly helped direct some local government initiatives by crafting realistic deadlines and deliverable outcomes [=outcomes that can be produced as planned or promised] …—Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
… mail deliverable [=mail able to be given over] only to her with a signature.—Brian Bell
… was elected on a series of promises that were simply not deliverable. [=not possible to produce]—Victoria Bateman, quoted in The Washington Times
plural deliverables
: the outcome or product of a defined task, project, or process : something delivered as planned or promised
The client receives a set of deliverables each month (12 blog posts, 15 social media graphics, 4 coaching sessions) …—Renee Johnson
… the project expects to provide final deliverables this March, with a mid-March open house to communicate project findings …—Chicago Daily Herald
Even if you don't have a hard deadline, establishing a timeline keeps your project team productive. The timeline isn't just about the end date when the project is finished, it's about creating milestones and deliverables that help to keep the overall project on track.—Ryan Austin
Dinosaurs of the photography game, negatives are the original images that are burned into frames when film loaded into an analog camera is exposed to light. They once were the primary deliverable when processing a roll of film.—Ali Watkins
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“Deliverable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deliverable. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.
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