English > bringing: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail). |
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| Synonym | delivery |
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| Narrower | airdrop | delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft |
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| consignment | The delivery of goods for sale or disposal |
| passage, handing over | The act of passing something to another person |
| post | The delivery and collection of letters and packages |
| service, serving, service of process | The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone |
| Broader | transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance | The act of moving something from one location to another |
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| Spanish | distribución, entrega, reparto |
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| Catalan | distribució, entrega, repartiment |
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