delivery

The definition of a delivery is a giving or bringing of something to someone.

(noun)

An example of a delivery is a UPS carrier bringing a package to the front door of a house.
An example of a delivery is the birth of a baby.

See delivery in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. deliveries

a giving or handing over; transfer
a distributing, as of goods or mail
a giving birth; childbirth
any giving or sending forth
the act or manner of giving a speech, striking a blow, throwing a ball, etc.
something delivered or to be delivered, as mail, goods, a pitched ball, etc.
Now Rare a setting free, or rescuing
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

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

See delivery in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. de·liv·er·ies

a. The act of conveying or delivering.
b. Something delivered, as a shipment or package.
a. The act of transferring to another.
b. Law A formal act of transferring ownership of property to another: delivery of a deed.
The act of giving up; surrender.
The act or manner of throwing or discharging.
The act of giving birth; parturition.
a. Utterance or enunciation: The historic speech required but two minutes in delivery.
b. The act or manner of speaking or singing: a folk singer's casual delivery.
The act of releasing or rescuing.