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

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

:  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