delivery
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
delivery/dɪˈlɪvəri/
▶noun (pl. deliveries)
- 1 the action of delivering something, especially letters or goods.
- 2 the process of giving birth.
- 3 an act or manner of throwing or bowling a ball, especially a cricket ball.
- 4 the manner or style of giving a speech.
- 5 Law the acknowledgement by the maker of a deed that they intend to be bound by it.
– phrases
take delivery of receive (something purchased).
take delivery of receive (something purchased).
'delivery' also found in these Oxford entries:
advice
- backload
- ball
- breech birth
- cash
- certified mail
- charter party
- COD
- curve
- docket
- drop
- drop-ship
- episiotomy
- express
- extradite
- forceps
- frank
- free
- general delivery
- grunge
- labour
- mail drop
- malpresentation
- milk round
- non-delivery
- oxytocin
- panel truck
- pitch
- placenta praevia
- post
- presentation
- prompt
- receive
- recorded delivery
- return
- short-pitched
- special delivery
- steal
- ventouse
- version
- white-van man
