Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Delivery \De*liv"er*y\, n.; pl. {Deliveries}.
   1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release;
      liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his
      dungeon.

   2. The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of
      the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the
      delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods,
      of letters.

   3. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a
      good delivery; a clear delivery.

   4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or
      extraction of a fetus and its membranes.

   5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.

            Neater limbs and freer delivery.      --Sir H.
                                                  Wotton.

   6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher
      has a swift delivery.

Source : WordNet®

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: (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a
        batter [syn: {pitch}]
     6: 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}]
     7: the act of delivering a child [syn: {obstetrical delivery}]