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: 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" or "a surgeon's job is the saving

of lives" [syn: {rescue}, {deliverance}, {saving}]