bad delivery

Bad delivery

Antithesis of good delivery.

Bad Delivery

Describing a stock that cannot be transferred, especially because of improperly filed paperwork or another fairly innocuous reason. In other words, the delivery of such a stock is only stopped by legal and/or regulatory rules. See also: Good delivery, Dirty stock.

bad delivery

The delivery of a security that fails to meet all the standards required to transfer title to the buyer. Compare good delivery.