noun pl. deliveries -·er·ies

1. a giving or handing over; transfer
2. a distributing, as of goods or mail
3. a giving birth; childbirth
4. any giving or sending forth
5. the act or manner of giving a speech, striking a blow, throwing a ball, etc.
6. something delivered or to be delivered, as mail, goods, a pitched ball, etc.
7. Now Rare a setting free, or rescuing
8. Law
   1. the irrevocable transfer of a deed or other instrument of conveyance
   2. the transfer of goods or interest in goods from one person to another

Etymology: ME deliveri < OFr delivré, pp. of délivrer: see deliver