the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.

a giving up or handing over; surrender.

the utterance or enunciation of words.

vocal and bodily behavior during the presentation of a speech

a speaker's fine delivery.

the act or manner of giving or sending forth

the pitcher's fine delivery of the ball.

the state of being delivered of or giving birth to a child; parturition.

something delivered

The delivery is late today.

Commerce . a shipment of goods from the seller to the buyer.

Law . a formal act performed to make a transfer of property legally effective

a delivery of deed.

Printing . Also called delivery end. the part of a printing press where the paper emerges in printed form.

Archaic . release or rescue; liberation; deliverance.

noun

hold , keeping , retention , quiet , secrecy , capture , confinement , imprisonment , restraint

noun

carting , commitment , consignment , conveyance , dispatch , distribution , drop , freighting , giving over , handing over , impartment , intrusting , mailing , parcel post , portage , post , rendition , shipment , surrender , transmission , accent , diction , elocution , emphasis , enunciation , inflection , intonation , modulation , pronunciation , speech , utterance , accouchement , bearing , birth , birthing , bringing forth , caesarian section , childbearing , confinement , geniture , labor , lying-in , parturition , travail , deliverance , emancipation , escape , freeing , liberation , pardon , release , rescue , salvage , salvation , transfer , childbirth