home-deliveredadj.
/ˌhəʊmdᵻˈlɪvəd/, U.S. /ˌhoʊmdəˈlɪvərd/, /ˌhoʊmdiˈlɪvərd/ Of goods, newspapers, etc.: delivered to a person's home.
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1906 N. Amer. Rev. 21 Dec. (Advertiser section) A home-delivered circulation, going directly into the hands of the actual buyers of this community.
1937 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 51 639 Home-delivered milk carries an extra charge, which in some cases ran as high as five pfennigs per liter.
1982 L. K. Olson Polit. Econ. Aging vii. 204 The outlay for the hot meal program, including an additional $55 million for home delivered meals, represented over 50 percent of..expenditures.
2001 Retail Newsagent 7 July 23/1 If they are not bothered about ensuring the continuance of home delivered copy, why should we continue to subsidise it?
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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