deliverer

deliver | American Dictionary

deliver
verb
us/dɪˈlɪv·ər/

deliververb (TAKE TO)

[ I/T ]
to take goods, letters, or packages to people’s houses or places of work:
[ T ]We had the pizza delivered.
[ T ]We call our pharmacy with the doctor’s prescription and ask them to deliver it.
[ I ]We deliver anywhere in the city.

deliververb (GIVE)

[ T ]
to give or produce a speech or result:
The president is scheduled to deliver a speech on foreign policy.
The jury delivered a verdict of not guilty.

deliververb (GIVE BIRTH)

[ T ]
to give birth to a baby, or to help someone do this:
Dr. Adams delivered all three of my children.

deliververb (PRODUCE)

[ I/T ]
to achieve or produce something promised or expected:
[ I ]You pay your dues, and you expect the union to deliver.

deliver | Business English

deliver
verb
uk /dɪˈlɪvər/us
[ I or T ]
to take goods, letters, parcels, etc. to a place:
deliver goods/mail/productsManufacturers can deliver goods directly from factories.
Most stores will deliver between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
deliver sth to sb/sthTogether, the three groups deliver 340,000 meals a year to homebound people.
[ T ]
to provide a service:
We want world-class wages and conditions for our people to match the world class services that they deliver.
The company is working tirelessly to deliver improved services for passengers.
[ I or T ]
to achieve, provide, or produce something:
The price wars we see among retailers are a direct result of their need to maximise market share and deliver profits to shareholders.
deliver a rise/increase in sthWe have been able to deliver a 40% rise in revenues and profits for the seventh successive year.
deliver growth/returns/savings
deliver benefits/results/improvements
[ I ]
to do something that has been promised:
The main complaint from analysts is that the company says all the right things but fails to deliver.
In particular, critics cite his failure to deliver on a promise to attract half-a-million customers for the new service by last summer.
[ I or T ]
to manufacture and supply something to a customer:
Boeing predicts that manufacturers will deliver 28,600 airplanes worth $2.8 trillion by 2026.
Our key aim is to deliver a quality product to the consumer.
Officials say the merger should be invisible, as the new company will continue to deliver electricity and gas to customers and be regulated by the same body.
[ T ]
to make a speech or an official statement:
deliver a briefing/report/speechShe is due to deliver a keynote speech to finance ministers this afternoon.
The water industry regulator is due to deliver his verdict on the proposed takeover today.
 deliver content
to provide information, text, and pictures for a book, website, etc.:
The digital entertainment company is working with hardware companies, trying to come up with technologies to deliver content the way they think consumers want to see it.
 deliver a blow to sb/sth
to have a damaging effect on someone or something:
This move is going to continue to deliver a blow to the company and its position in the industry.
 deliver the goodsinformal
to do what you have promised to do, or to produce what is wanted:
The company expects employees to perform and to deliver the goods.

Examples of deliver

deliver
These workers recognised the existence of a status quo and were quick to complain when the 'economy of the g ift' failed to deliver.
The degree is delivered by the institution in which the student is registered, following its own regulations.
From the application's point of view, the requirement was to deliver joint values whenever requested by the feeder.
But despite such differences, they agreed that teaching content was more effectively delivered by their music teachers.
Large private providers may therefore deliver relatively high quality care, but this tends to be standardised across all their homes.
The twelve physiotherapists trained in the brief intervention delivered both treatments offered in the trial, while the remaining physiotherapists provided only usual physiotherapy.
However, it is not clear that practical benefits for agricultural systems will be delivered where more of the same work is done.
His lectures were ordered and delivered with precise timing.
More obviously, upper-limb impairment may result in problems preparing and cutting food and delivering it to the mouth.
Following each stimulus-sentence presentation, subjects were asked a follow-up question, which differed according to the training condition being delivered.
To deliver effective health policy and promotion for this age group, it is important to understand the factors that lead to decreasing activity with age.
The implication was that large cell assemblies are required to deliver reliable sensory signals.
The continuous measure associated with it, ' proportion of contacts delivered at home ', was not significantly associated with the difference in hospitalization.
Overall, however, there was no shortage of resources; the main anxiety for the project team related to time and the pressure to deliver successful outcomes.
It is the healthcare professional, not the manager, who is responsible for delivering care.
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