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delivery

[dih-liv-uh-ree]

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noun, plural -er·ies.

the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.

a giving up or handing over; surrender.

the utterance or enunciation of words.

vocal and bodily behavior during the presentation of a speech: a speaker's fine delivery.

the act or manner of giving or sending forth: the pitcher's fine delivery of the ball.

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the state of being delivered of or giving birth to a child; parturition.

something delivered: The delivery is late today.

Commerce. a shipment of goods from the seller to the buyer.

Law. a formal act performed to make a transfer of property legally effective: a delivery of deed.

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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.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English delyvere, delyvery < Anglo-French delivrée, noun use of feminine past participle of delivrer to deliver, with suffix assimilated to -ery

Related forms

mis·de·liv·er·y, noun, plural -er·ies.

non·de·liv·er·y, noun, plural -er·ies.

post·de·liv·er·y, adjective

pre·de·liv·er·y, noun, plural -er·ies.

re·de·liv·er·y, noun, plural -er·ies.

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The answer is that the quality of education is largely independent of the mode of delivery.

When it comes to anecdotes illustrating the pitfalls of today's supply chains, he has the delivery of a stand-up comedian.

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The answer is that the quality of education is largely independent of the mode of delivery.

When it comes to anecdotes illustrating the pitfalls of today's supply chains, he has the delivery of a stand-up comedian.

Their findings are helping and rechart maritime routes essential for the delivery of relief supplies.

The grid's flow of data is supposed to improve energy delivery but must be protected from hackers' prying eyes.

The inventors' battle over the delivery of electricity was an epic power play.

If planned carefully, these systems virtually eliminate the problem of uneven water delivery.

Combine this desktop microwave oven with supermarket delivery and a bucket under your chair and.

Boyd formally accepted here today delivery of two low-slung, high-speed experimental trains for the.

The president of an online university says the quality of education is largely independent of the mode of delivery.

Instead, they act as beacons for the delivery of doses of energy that destroy cancer cells physically, rather than chemically.

Planes, balloons, battleship guns pointed upward-there is no shortage of possible delivery vehicles.

Researchers are now designing delivery systems that will carry a much lower risk of causing this condition.

Babies can also become infected at birth following a delivery under non-sterile conditions.

Flat-pack delivery may be cheaper initially, but you.

Scientists have developed alternative delivery methods for drugs, but it's.

Diversity of delivery systems is a major development in the evolution of higher education.

Executives say they cannot gauge the impact on delivery schedules of commercial aircraft until a thorough review is.

But these baby blues disappear within a few hours or days of delivery.

The resulting embryos will develop around four days before delivery of the first pregnancy.

These biscotti are crumbly delivery systems for chewy apricot bits, hunks of dark chocolate, and crunchy almonds.

Internet delivery sites already appear to have tight liquor policies when it comes to minors.

Students are engaged in active and experiential learning and have access to education through flexible delivery modes.

Many buyers offered to pay extra to guarantee quick delivery.

The nanoapparatus may ultimately find uses in drug delivery devices, prosthetics or explosives detectors.

He tells me this location was not an automat, but rather the site where all the food was prepared for delivery to the automats.

If you're tight on pantry space, try using online grocery store shopping and delivery services?you won't overbuy as much if.

There's one company now you can sign up and you can get a movie delivered to your house daily by delivery service.

Application materials will not be accepted via fax, e-mail, mail or hand delivery.

And the late delivery of ballot papers, which were securely printed abroad, delayed the voting by a week.

Both consider considerable upfront costs, and neither delivery tangible benefits in the short term.

Cessna called the flight a success and says it is eager to to start production and delivery of aircraft to customers.

It's a different delivery method, and courses accordingly need to be constructed differently.

Asian airlines are both deferring delivery of new aircraft and putting some of their existing fleet on the market.

The grid is an inefficient system of energy delivery.

When information is embodied in atoms, there is a need for all sorts of industrial-age means and huge corporations for delivery.

What is radical is the notion of bringing them all together and blowing up the delivery models.

Much of the opposition to private delivery comes from powerful public-sector unions.

How to make it so that that care actually gets from idea to delivery is a science of a kind.

Water delivery and treatment are highly capital-intensive businesses.

Members of both of teams say that a new delivery mechanism is necessary to get their transcription factors into skin cells.

True, the increase in futures prices for delivery in three months has been particularly steep.

Crack was cheap and could be smoked, a method of delivery that intensified the pleasure and the risk.

But there is progress in developing small medical robots for sensing, drug delivery or surgery inside the human body.

Its workers order all their letters by hand before setting off on their delivery rounds, whereas more efficient.

Health-service delivery is widely considered woeful.

Other applications could include electrically stimulated repairs to spinal injuries or controlling drug delivery inside the body.

How much media will move to online delivery is the subject of huge debate.

But the alternative-medicine industry plainly excels as a placebo delivery service.

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World English Dictionary

delivery (dɪˈlɪvərɪ)

—n , pl -eries
1.	a. the act of delivering or distributing goods, mail, etc
	b. something that is delivered
	c. (as modifier): a delivery service
2.	the act of giving birth to a child: she had an easy delivery
3.	manner or style of utterance, esp in public speaking or recitation: the chairman had a clear delivery
4.	the act of giving or transferring or the state of being given or transferred
5.	the act of rescuing or state of being rescued; liberation
6.	sport
	a. the act or manner of bowling or throwing a ball
	b. the ball so delivered: a fast delivery
7.	an actual or symbolic handing over of property, a deed, etc
8.	the discharge rate of a compressor or pump
9.	(in South Africa) the supply of basic services to communities deprived under apartheid

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Word Origin & History

delivery

late 15c., "action of handing over to another," from Anglo-Fr. delivrée, fem. pp. of délivrer (see deliver). Childbirth sense is attested from 1570s. Of speech, from 1580s. Of a blow, throw of a ball, etc., from 1702.

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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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