Delivery

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1. Noun

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

2. Noun

The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.

3. Noun

The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.

4. Noun

The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.

5. Noun

The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.

6. Noun

The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.

7. Noun

the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
Vocabulary classified under Law

8. Noun

your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
Vocabulary classified under Business and finance

9. Noun

the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"
Vocabulary classified under Geography
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