home delivery

noun

A service of delivering goods to the consumer's home.

Meanings

nounhome delivery (countable and uncountable, plural home deliveries)

plural home deliveries

  1. countableuncountableA service of delivering goods to the consumer's home.
    1 more example

    While there is one restaurant for every 421 inhabitants in France, there is only one home delivery outlet for every 58,000 inhabitants. Home delivery is a complex business which requires a good command of transport, cooking and service techniques and which can only be applied to relatively simple, well-known dishes. This is why pizzas are particularly popular in this area […]

    1996, Marketing in Europe, numbers 404-409, page 107
  2. countableuncountableHomebirth.

    The history of childbirth in the Netherlands and the unbroken importance of home delivery in Dutch society are unique.

    1996, Eva Abraham-Van der Mark, Successful Home Birth and Midwifery: The Dutch Model, page 1

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Finnish kotiinkuljetus
  • kotiinkuljetusservice of delivering goods to the customer's home
French livraison à domicile
  • livraison à domicileservice of delivering goods to the customer's home
Japanese 宅配
  • 宅配 (takuhai)service of delivering goods to the customer's home
Korean 택배, 배달
  • 택배 (taekbae)service of delivering goods to the customer's home
  • 배달 (baedal)service of delivering goods to the customer's home
Spanish entrega a domicilio, reparto a domicilio
  • entrega a domicilioservice of delivering goods to the customer's home
  • reparto a domicilioservice of delivering goods to the customer's home
Swedish hemleverans
  • hemleveransservice of delivering goods to the customer's home
Cite this entry
APA

home delivery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20delivery

MLA

“home delivery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20delivery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “home delivery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20delivery.

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