predelivery

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ delivery

Adjective[edit]

predelivery (not comparable)

  1. Before a delivery.

Noun[edit]

predelivery (plural predeliveries)

  1. A delivery made earlier than requested or anticipated.
    • 1955, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Textile Procurement in the Military Services: Hearings..., page 1822:
      We were authorizing him, since it was not in the invitation for bids, to make those predeliveries.
    • 1985, Compilation of Selected Energy-related Legislation, page 343:
      It proposed that the current Canadian “gas bubble” be sold to export customers, either as “predeliveries” on contract volumes that would otherwise be delivered in the 1984-90 periods, or […]
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