delivery

Definitions

General English

• noun the act of bringing something to someone

Accounting

• noun the transport of a commodity to a purchaser
• noun the transfer of a bill of exchange or other negotiable instrument to the bank which is due to make payment

Banking

• noun the transporting of goods to a customer

Cars & Driving

• noun the discharging of a liquid from a pump, etc.
• noun driving a new car from the factory to the distributor or dealer

Construction

• Transfer or handover of a product from one party to another.

Cricket

• noun a ball delivered by the bowler
  Citation ‘Intikhab Alam … began his Test career, when a few days short of 18, by bowling Australia’s Colin McDonald with his first delivery’ (Frith 1984)
  Citation ‘Warne is a prodigious spinner of the ball … and the volume of spin imparted is such that the ball dips into the right hander late in flight before gripping the surface – that supernatural delivery to Gatting providing the perfect example’ (Vic Marks, Observer 13 June 1993)
• noun the manner in which a bowler delivers the ball; a bowler’s action
  Citation ‘He had a high delivery … and his balls were provokingly deceitful’ (Nyren 1833 in HM)

Law

• noun goods being transferred from the possession of person to another
• noun a formal act whereby a deed becomes effective

Medical

• noun the birth of a child

Publishing

• noun the handing of a manuscript to a publisher
• noun part of a printing machine where grippers move printed sheets from the machine and stack them

Nearby Definitions of “delivery”

• deer
• defence
• defend
• degree
• delay
• delivery
• demand
• demand curve
• density
• dependent variable
• deposit

Contexts for “delivery”

14 definitions in context
• General English
• Accounting
• Banking
• Cars & Driving
• Construction
• Cricket
• Law
• Medical
• Publishing