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de⋅liv⋅er⋅y

[di-liv-uh-ree]
–noun, plural -er⋅ies.
1. the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
2. a giving up or handing over; surrender.
3. the utterance or enunciation of words.
4. vocal and bodily behavior during the presentation of a speech: a speaker's fine delivery.
5. the act or manner of giving or sending forth: the pitcher's fine delivery of the ball.
6. the state of being delivered of or giving birth to a child; parturition.
7. something delivered: The delivery is late today.
8. Commerce. a shipment of goods from the seller to the buyer.
9. Law. a formal act performed to make a transfer of property legally effective: a delivery of deed.
10. Printing. Also called delivery end. the part of a printing press where the paper emerges in printed form.
11. Archaic. release or rescue; liberation; deliverance.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME delyvere, delyvery < AF delivrée, n. use of fem. ptp. of delivrer to deliver, with suffix assimilated to -ery
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de·liv·er·y   (dĭ-lĭv'ə-rē, -lĭv'rē)   
n.   pl. de·liv·er·ies
    1. The act of conveying or delivering.

    2. Something delivered, as a shipment or package.

    3. The act of transferring to another.

    4. Law A formal act of transferring ownership of property to another: delivery of a deed.

    5. Utterance or enunciation: The historic speech required but two minutes in delivery.

    6. The act or manner of speaking or singing: a folk singer's casual delivery.

    1. The act of transferring to another.

    2. Law A formal act of transferring ownership of property to another: delivery of a deed.

    3. Utterance or enunciation: The historic speech required but two minutes in delivery.

    4. The act or manner of speaking or singing: a folk singer's casual delivery.

  1. The act of giving up; surrender.

  2. The act or manner of throwing or discharging.

  3. The act of giving birth; parturition.

    1. Utterance or enunciation: The historic speech required but two minutes in delivery.

    2. The act or manner of speaking or singing: a folk singer's casual delivery.

  4. The act of releasing or rescuing.

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Financial Dictionary

delivery

  1. The transfer of a security to an investor's broker in order to satisfy an executed sell order. Delivery is required by the settlement date.

  2. The transfer of a specified commodity in order to meet the requirements of a commodity contract that has been sold.


Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: de·liv·ery
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -er·ies
: 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
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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: de·liv·ery
Pronunciation: di-'liv-(&-)rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -er·ies
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
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Medical Dictionary

delivery de·liv·er·y (dĭ-lĭv'ə-rē, -lĭv'rē)
n.
The expulsion or extraction of a child and the fetal membranes through the birth canal into the external world.

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