delivery: Meaning and Definition of

de•liv•er•y

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. a shipment of goods from the seller to the buyer.
9. a formal act performed to make a transfer of property legally effective:deed. a delivery of
10. Also calledthe part of a printing press where the paper emerges in printed form.
11. release or rescue; liberation; deliverance.