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Meaning of special delivery

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

special delivery

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noun

Definitions

  1. (sometimes hyphenated when used attributively) A kind of postal service in which, for an extra fee, letters and packages are delivered in a highly expedited manner by a special courier.

  2. A particular posted letter or package which is delivered in this manner; a particular act of conveying such letters or packages to one or more recipients.

  3. (by extension, sometimes humorous) Something—whether desirable or undesirable—which is intentionally given to a specific individual or which an individual receives rapidly and unexpectedly; the personalized, direct quality of the transmission of such an item.