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  • 21delivery */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈlɪv(ə)rɪ] / US noun Word forms delivery : singular delivery plural deliveries 1) a) [countable/uncountable] the process of bringing goods or letters to a place Please allow ten days for delivery. They haven t made regular deliveries for a… …

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  • 22delivery — de|liv|er|y [ dı lıv(ə)ri ] noun *** ▸ 1 bringing goods to a place ▸ 2 providing a service ▸ 3 process of giving birth ▸ 4 in computing ▸ 5 way someone speaks in public ▸ 6 style of throw or hit 1. ) count or uncount the process of bringing goods …

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  • 23Delivery Month — A key characteristic of a futures contract that designates when the contract expires and when the underlying asset must be delivered. The exchange on the futures contract is traded will also establish a delivery location and a date within the… …

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  • 24delivery of ship — As with other unwieldy property, the delivery may be purely constructive, and may be effected by delivery of the vessel s documents of title, which supplies not merely a symbol, but the mode of enabling the buyer to take actual possession as soon …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 25delivery month — A specific month in which delivery may take place under the terms of a futures contract. Also referred to as contract month. Chicago Board of Trade glossary The month during which a futures contract expires, and delivery is made on that contract …

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  • 26take — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ badly ▪ She took the news of her father s death very badly. ▪ seriously ▪ I wanted to be taken seriously as an artist …

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  • 27take-up — /ˈteɪk ʌp/ (say tayk up) noun 1. the act of taking up. 2. a stop where a bus, tram, etc., will take up passengers. 3. Machinery any device for taking up slack, speed or lost motion. 4. the response of a market in taking delivery of a product: the …

  • 28delivery month — /dɪ lɪv(ə)ri mʌnθ/ noun a month in a futures contract when actual delivery will take place …

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  • 29delivery as an escrow — A delivery on some collateral condition, which must be consistent with the contract, on the happening of which condition alone the contract is to take effect. 28 Am J2d Escr § 1 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 30Take or Pay — A provision, written into a contract, whereby one party has the obligation of either taking delivery of goods or paying a specified amount. This is used in some contracts as a method to ensure that the transaction occurs. For example, a Banana… …

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