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delivery
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Delivery
The tender and receipt of an actual commodity or financial instrument in settlement of a futures contract.
delivery
1. The transfer of a security to an investor's broker in order to satisfy an executed sell order. Delivery is required by the settlement date.
2. The transfer of a specified commodity in order to meet the requirements of a commodity contract that has been sold.
Delivery
The transfer of a security or an underlying asset to a buyer. The term is often used in options, forward, and futures contracts, in which payment and delivery are separated by a relatively long period of time. Most of the time, however, delivery does not occur, as most traders offset their positions with opposite contracts.
delivery

The transfer of possession from one person to another.Deeds and leases require delivery before they are effective. Delivery does not depend on manual transfer, but does depend on the intent of the parties. Deeds are delivered when placed within the possession or control of the grantee in such a manner that the grantor cannot regain possession or control.



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Little did I know, when I witnessed my first vaginal breech delivery at a small county hospital in middle Tennessee in 1972, that I was seeing a physiological process that was being rapidly phased out in the US.
The undervalued art of vaginal breech birth: a skill every birth ... by Gaskin, Ina May / Mothering
A woman in labor, waiting at home for her husband to take her to the hospital, delivered the baby herself after her contractions progressed quickly and she realized it was a breech delivery.
WOMAN CALLS HUSBAND, THEN DELIVERS OWN BABY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The few exceptions are those who study in nonindustrialized countries, where the art of breech delivery has been preserved.
On breeches and twins at home by Gaskin, Ina May / Mothering
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