delivery
noun
[ dɪˈlɪv(ə)ri ]
• the action of delivering letters, parcels, or goods.
• "allow up to 28 days for delivery"
Similar:
conveyance,
carriage,
transportation,
transporting,
transport,
distribution,
dispatch,
remittance,
freightage,
haulage,
portage,
shipment,
• the process of giving birth.
• "injuries sustained during delivery"
• an act of throwing, bowling, or kicking a ball, especially a cricket ball.
• "he reached 59 runs off only 42 deliveries"
• the manner or style of giving a speech.
• "her delivery was stilted"
Similar:
manner of speaking,
speech,
pronunciation,
enunciation,
articulation,
intonation,
elocution,
utterance,
presentation,
recitation,
recital,
performance,
execution,
façon de parler,
• the supply or provision of something.
• "a mechanism for rapid delivery of bile into the duodenum"
• the acknowledgement by the maker of a deed that they intend to be bound by it.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French delivree, feminine past participle of delivrer (see deliver).
take delivery of
• receive (something purchased).
• "we took delivery of the software in February"
