take delivery of
idiom
formal
: to receive (something that is being delivered)
The city will take delivery of the vehicles tomorrow.
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Customers can expect to take delivery of the car this fall.
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
After listing his 252-foot superyacht, Boardwalk, for sale for roughly $192 million, Fertitta is ready to take delivery of a new 384-foot boat from Lürssen in April.
—Justin Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The company is toying with the idea of allowing customers to take delivery of their pickups at the factory.
—Roberto Baldwin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2025
Within roughly two years of customers starting to take delivery of the first iX3s, technology within this new EV will be in all of the company’s vehicles.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2025
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
After listing his 252-foot superyacht, Boardwalk, for sale for roughly $192 million, Fertitta is ready to take delivery of a new 384-foot boat from Lürssen in April.
—Justin Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The company is toying with the idea of allowing customers to take delivery of their pickups at the factory.
—Roberto Baldwin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2025
Within roughly two years of customers starting to take delivery of the first iX3s, technology within this new EV will be in all of the company’s vehicles.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Take delivery of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20delivery%20of. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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