SINCE 1828
delivery
noun
de·liv·ery
| \ di-ˈli-v(ə-)rē
, dē-\
, dē-\
plural deliveries
Definition of delivery
: the act or manner of delivering something
also
: something delivered
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Examples of delivery in a Sentence
The delivery is scheduled for this morning.
The company offers free delivery with orders over $100.
Someone has to be home to accept delivery of the package.
Allow six weeks for delivery.
The baby weighed almost seven pounds at the time of delivery.
The doctor expects it to be a routine delivery.
The doctor has had three deliveries today.
The joke was funny, but his delivery was terrible.
I need to work on my delivery before I give the speech.
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Recent Examples on the Web
Workers then organize the boxes for delivery to the sales floor. — Christopher Rugaber, The Seattle Times, "U.S. retailers hope higher pay will buy more efficient workers," 1 Jan. 2019 In the first half of 2018, Waymo ordered 82,000 cars for delivery over the next few years, and the company began aggressively hiring customer service and operations personnel. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "The hype around driverless cars came crashing down in 2018," 30 Dec. 2018 The company expects to be able to offer 75 percent of those workers employment at another nearby retailer that partners with Instacart for deliveries. — Recode Staff, Recode, "Recode Daily: Facebook wants you to buy — and watch — HBO on Facebook," 14 Dec. 2018 In Deliveroo’s hybrid concept, customers can walk in and order food to go from these restaurant partners or place orders for delivery. — Dani Deahl, The Verge, "Food delivery app Deliveroo opens its first brick-and-mortar restaurant in Hong Kong," 11 Dec. 2018 But healthy meal delivery services are out there, and there are a lot of them. — Glamour, "The 11 Best Healthy Food Delivery Services When You Just Can't With Grocery Shopping," 2 Jan. 2019 In base metals, copper for March delivery rose 0.5% to $2.6815 a pound. — Ira Iosebashvili, WSJ, "Gold Gets a Boost Amid Market Volatility," 28 Dec. 2018 This topical focus created startups that seemed a lot more relevant than a new meal delivery service. — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, "How a Midwest startup generator bursts the Bay Area tech bubble and solves real problems," 12 Dec. 2018 Both are alcohol delivery services, Drizly and Minibar. — Rebecca Jennings, Vox, "I used all the best stuff for a week and it nearly broke me," 12 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'delivery.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for delivery
delivery
noun
English Language Learners Definition of delivery
: the act of taking something to a person or place
: something that is taken to a person or place : something that is delivered
: the act or process of giving birth
See the full definition for delivery in the English Language Learners Dictionary
delivery
noun
de·liv·ery
| \ di-ˈli-və-rē
, -ˈli-vrē\
, -ˈli-vrē\
plural deliveries
Kids Definition of delivery
1
: the transfer of something from one place or person to another
delivery of the mail
2
: a setting free from something that restricts or burdens
We prayed for delivery from our troubles.
3
: the act of giving birth
4
: speaking or manner of speaking (as of a formal speech)
His passionate delivery stirred the audience.
5
: the act or way of throwing
an underhand delivery
delivery
noun
de·liv·ery
| \ di-ˈliv-(ə-)rē
\
\
plural deliveries
Medical Definition of delivery
1
: the act of giving birth : the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes : parturition
2
: the procedure of assisting birth of the fetus and expulsion of the placenta by manual, instrumental, or surgical means
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delivery
noun
de·liv·ery
plural deliveries
Legal Definition of delivery
: an act that shows a transferor's intent to make a transfer of property (as a gift)
especially
: the transfer of possession or exclusive control of property to another
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actual delivery
: a delivery (as by hand or shipment) of actual physical property (as jewelry or stock certificates)
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conditional delivery
: a delivery after which ownership will be transferred upon fulfillment of a condition — compare gift causa mortis at gift
Note: A conditional delivery is usually made in order to make a transfer revocable.
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constructive delivery
: a delivery of a representation of property (as a written instrument) or means of possession (as a key) that is construed by a court as sufficient to show the transferor's intent or to put the property under the transferee's control
— called also symbolic delivery
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