Livery vs Delivery - What's the difference?
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Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.
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The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.
(US) A taxicab or limousine.
(legal) The delivery of property from one owner to the next.
(legal) The writ by which property is obtained.
(historical) The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money.
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(historical) A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental.
An allowance of food; a ration, as given out to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
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Release from wardship; deliverance.
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A low grade of wool.
(archaic) To clothe.
The act of conveying something.
The item which has been conveyed.
The act of giving birth
(baseball) A pitching motion.
(baseball) A thrown pitch.
The manner of speaking.
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(medicine) administration of a drug
(cricket) A ball .
(curling) The process of throwing a stone.
As nouns the difference between livery and delivery
is that livery is any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants while delivery is the act of conveying something.As a verb livery
is to clothe.livery
English
(wikipedia livery)Noun
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- By wearing livery , the brewers publicly expressed guild association and solidarity.
- Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the largest establishment in Moorfields.
- The emperor's officers every night went through the town from house to house whereat any English gentleman did repast or lodge, and served their liveries for all night: first, the officers brought into the house a cast of fine manchet [white bread], and of silver two great post, and white wine, and sugar.
- It concerned them first to sue out their livery from the unjust wardship of his encroaching prerogative.
Derived terms
* livery stableVerb
- He liveried his servants in the most modest of clothing.
Anagrams
* verily English transitive verbsdelivery
English
Noun
(deliveries)- The delivery was completed by four.
- delivery of a nuclear missile to its target
- Your delivery is on the table.
- The delivery was painful.
- ''His delivery has a catch in it.
- ''Here is the delivery ; ... strike three!
- The actor's delivery was flawless.
- I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in his words, but in my own, for I cannot hope to give at second hand any impression of his vivacious delivery .
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- Drug delivery system .