Deliver

  • 11deliver — in addition to its established physical meanings to do with bringing and providing things, has developed a vogue intransitive use (without an object) equivalent to ‘provide what is agreed or expected’: • Mrs. Gandhi could not deliver on her… …

    Modern English usage

  • 12deliver — ► VERB 1) bring and hand over (a letter or goods) to the appropriate recipient. 2) provide (something promised or expected). 3) save or set free. 4) state or present in a formal manner. 5) assist in the birth of. 6) (also be delivered of) give… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 13deliver to — index bequeath, remove (transfer) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 14deliver up — index betray (lead astray), forfeit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 15deliver — (v.) c.1200, save, rescue, set free, liberate, from O.Fr. delivrer to set free; remove; save, preserve; hand over (goods), also used of childbirth, from L.L. deliberare, from de away (see DE (Cf. de )) + L. liberare to free (see LIBERAL (Cf.… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 16deliver — 1 *free, release, liberate, discharge, emancipate, manumit, enfranchise Analogous words: *escape, elude, evade: *extricate, disencumber, disentangle: voice, utter, vent, *express Contrasted words: confine, circumscribe, restrict, *limit …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 17deliver — To take mail from the post office to the customer or to provide customer pickup whether post office box, window, or dock …

    Glossary of postal terms

  • 18deliver — The sale of a futures or forward contract may require the seller to deliver the commodity during the delivery month, if the short position is not offset prior to that time. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * deliver de‧liv‧er [dɪˈlɪvə ǁ ər]… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 19deliver */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈlɪvə(r)] / US [dɪˈlɪvər] verb Word forms deliver : present tense I/you/we/they deliver he/she/it delivers present participle delivering past tense delivered past participle delivered 1) [transitive] to take something, especially goods or… …

    English dictionary

  • 20deliver — de|liv|er W2S2 [dıˈlıvə US ər] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take something somewhere)¦ 2 deliver a speech/lecture/address etc 3¦(do something you should do)¦ 4¦(baby)¦ 5¦(blow/shock etc)¦ 6 deliver a judgment/verdict 7¦(person)¦ 8¦(votes)¦ 9¦(make somebody free… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English