delivery (
http://definr.com/delivery)
n 1: the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or
mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" [syn:
bringing]
2: the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery"
3: 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" [syn:
manner of speaking,
speech]
4: the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession)
from one party to another [syn:
livery,
legal transfer]
5: the act of delivering a child [syn:
obstetrical delivery]
6: (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a
batter [syn:
pitch]
7: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the
deliverance of mankind": "a surgeon's job is the saving of
lives" [syn:
rescue,
deliverance,
saving]