Delivery+or+surrender

  • 11delivery — A handing over; the surrender of possession to another; a release from imprisonment. As used in a statute against fraudulent conveyances, the word implies the surrender of the control of the property by the vendor and the assumption of possession …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 12delivery — /di liv euh ree/, n., pl. deliveries. 1. the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients. 2. a giving up or handing over; surrender. 3. the utterance or enunciation of words. 4. vocal and bodily… …

    Universalium

  • 13surrender — I. verb ( dered; surrendering) Etymology: Middle English surrendren, from surrendre, noun Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand < surrendered the fort > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 14surrender — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. capitulation, cession; relinquishment, abandonment, submission. v. capitulate, yield, give up; cede, renounce, relinquish. See resignation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. capitulation, yielding, giving up,&#8230; …

    English dictionary for students

  • 15delivery — de•liv•er•y [[t]dɪˈlɪv ə ri[/t]] n. pl. er•ies 1) the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients 2) a giving up or handing over; surrender 3) the utterance or enunciation of words 4) vocal and&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 16delivery — /dəˈlɪvəri / (say duh livuhree) noun (plural deliveries) 1. the delivering of letters, goods, etc. 2. a giving up or handing over; surrender. 3. the utterance or enunciation of words. 4. vocal and bodily behaviour during the presentation of a&#8230; …

  • 17surrender — 1. verb /səˈrɛndə/ a) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (Military) to yield (land, a town, etc.) to an enemy. b) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in …

    Wiktionary

  • 18delivery — Synonyms and related words: Emancipation Proclamation, abalienation, accommodation, accordance, accouchement, affranchisement, alienation, amortization, amortizement, articulation, assignation, assignment, attack, award, awarding, bargain and&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 19surrender — Synonyms and related words: abalienate, abalienation, abandon, abandonment, abatement of differences, abdicate, abdication, abjuration, abjure, abjurement, accommodate, accommodation, accordance, acknowledge defeat, acquiesce, adjust, adjustment …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20delivery — n. 1. Surrender, conveyance, giving up. 2. Giving, handing over, transmission, passing over. 3. Distribution (of mail matter). 4. Utterance, enunciation, pronunciation, speech, elocution. 5. Childbirth, parturition, labor, travail, lying in,&#8230; …

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