Definition
a delivery: a distribution, transporting to the right place or recipient
The company offers a free delivery service; they bring the items to your house without charging you.
a delivery boy (or "guy"): a man who brings goods/letters to people's houses or places of work; a courier
The delivery boy's here. Go and get the pizza from him!
to deliver (the goods): to take, to distribute (the goods) to their destination
to deliver a speech to make, to give a public talk
- "Sailor : Horatio, you've just received a delivery from a mermaid."
- "By the time it reaches Brazil, we will have missed the delivery deadline!"
- "Delivery to be made by 31st February"
- "As you may have heard, your last delivery of perfume was destroyed in a freak traffic accident."
- "Horatio : And deliver me a poison letter?"
- "I need you to produce and deliver a new, totally fabulous, Christmas card... TODAY!"
- "The bad news is that my tarantulas were accidentally delivered to a child's baptism.The good news is that Edward Moon is a bastard."
- "The board of the IACF thought it only fitting that you, one of the true pioneers in the fragrance and cosmetic community, deliver the speech to mark the Vicennial anniversary of our organization."
- "Somehow, I came up with the idea of sending the delivery via ferry to Calais before being placed on a cargo ship to Brazil - genius!"
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