Delivery Dɪˈlɪvəri Service Offer Free Orders Goods Extra

• allow 28 days for delivery.
• we offer free delivery on orders over $200.
• the service guarantees next day delivery.
• please pay for goods on delivery (= when you receive them).

delivery

1. the act of taking goods, letters, etc. to the people they have been sent to
• SEE ALSO general delivery
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• Allow 28 days for delivery.
• We offer free delivery on orders over $200.
• The service guarantees next day delivery.
• Please pay for goods on delivery (= when you receive them).
• When can you take delivery of (= be available to receive) the car?
• A delivery van was waiting in the street outside.

Extra Examples

• Remember to cancel mail delivery when you go on vacation.
• Ensure all material is properly packed and sent by recorded delivery.
• Order by 30 November to ensure delivery by Christmas.
• We offer free home delivery.
• We guarantee delivery before 9 a.m. the next day.
• guaranteed express delivery to over 170 countries
• The government has now taken delivery of the new fighter planes.
• She had made a delivery to the address earlier that day.
• The shop receives only one delivery of books per week.
• At the moment there are two deliveries a day.
• We have regular deliveries of bread and milk to the cottage.
• We are awaiting delivery of some new office furniture.
• We do all our deliveries in the mornings.
• completed orders for delivery
• He was employed at the local grocery store as a delivery boy.
• Are there any delivery charges?
• The cost of postal delivery to rural houses is three times as much.
• Getting delivery trucks to the site was difficult.
2. the act of making a service or information available to people
• the delivery of public services
• We have invested to improve service delivery.
• Digital content delivery, especially music and video, is big business.
• an electronic message delivery system

Extra Examples

• New trends in healthcare delivery pose a significant challenge to hospitals throughout the country.
• We need more efficient delivery of humanitarian aid.
3. the process of giving birth to a baby
• an easy/a difficult delivery
• a delivery room/ward (= in a hospital, etc.)
• a vaginal/caesarean delivery

Extra Examples

• She had a very easy delivery with her second child.
• The figures show an increase in forceps deliveries.
4. the way in which somebody speaks, sings a song, etc. in public
• The beautiful poetry was ruined by her poor delivery.
5. a ball that is thrown, especially in cricket or baseball
• a fast delivery
6. a system of paying for goods when they are delivered

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French delivree, feminine past participle of delivrer, based on Latin de- ‘away’ + liberare ‘set free’.