Definition of delivery
deliveries
: 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.
Recent Examples of delivery from the Web
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Amazon's delivery system features large fulfillment centers, where goods ordered by consumers are bundled together and shipped.
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Major population pockets can be 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) apart, driving up the cost of fast deliveries.
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In its latest effort to compete with online giant Amazon, Wal-Mart is testing a delivery service using its own store employees, who will deliver packages ordered online while driving home from their regular work shifts.
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The dam holds back the state’s second-largest reservoir and is an anchor of the state’s complex north-south water delivery.
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Model X deliveries have yet to keep pace with the Model S, as Musk predicted, and U.S. registrations of the SUV have slipped the last two quarters, according to IHS Markit.
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For newspaper delivery questions: 1-800-NYTIMES (1-800-698-4637) or e-mail customercare@nytimes.com.
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The meeting will provide an opportunity for employees and residents to voice their concerns about the future of jobs and the delivery of health care services.
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The airship could also be used for regular cargo deliveries to these regions.
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First Known Use of delivery
15th century
Other Embryology Terms
DELIVERY Defined for English Language Learners
delivery
playDefinition of delivery for English Language Learners
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: the act of taking something to a person or place
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: something that is taken to a person or place : something that is delivered
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: the act or process of giving birth
DELIVERY Defined for Kids
delivery
playDefinition of delivery for Students
deliveries
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
Medical Dictionary
delivery
playMedical Definition of delivery
deliveries
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
Law Dictionary
delivery
Legal Definition of delivery
deliveries
: 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 actual delivery : a delivery (as by hand or shipment) of actual physical property (as jewelry or stock certificates) conditional delivery : a delivery after which ownership will be transferred upon fulfillment of a condition — compare gift causa mortis at gift Editor's note: A conditional delivery is usually made in order to make a transfer revocable. 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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