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
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
To calculate delivery times for UPS services, visit its website.
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Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Nov. 2021
Other devices like oxygen concentrators face months-long delays, compared with typical delivery times of one to two weeks.
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Kristen Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Nov. 2021
Everything from labor shortages to manufacturing delays has caused a spike in freight costs and longer delivery times.
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Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2021
Labor shortages aren’t helping either, and inventory levels and delivery times continue to deteriorate.
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Amelia Pollard, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2021
For wines going from California to most states, delivery times have increased from seven days to about 16 days, and in the furthest states, such as Florida, times increased from 30 days to 38 days.
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The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2021
And for the wines Delicato imports, 30-day delivery times are now 90 days to customers.
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Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2021
Wasserman Schultz was among the Democratic lawmakers raising questions about Postal Service delivery times last year.
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Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2021
With huge cash reserves, these companies can now fund long-term research and development for autonomous, electric drones that promise to slash delivery times and accelerate urban mobility.
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Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2021
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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
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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