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deliverable, a.|dɪˈlɪvərəb(ə)l| [f. deliver v.1 + -able: cf. OF. deliverable, delivrable (15–17th c. in Godef.).] That can or may be delivered; to be delivered (according to agreement): cf. payable.
1755N. Magens Insurances I. 401 Ten thousand Pounds of good and deliverable Dutch made Starch. 1877Act 40–1 Vict. c. 39 §5 Where the document..makes the goods deliverable to the bearer. 1889Macm. Mag. Mar. 270/2 So wild and shrill a cry of human anguish, that the like of it I could never imagine deliverable by human lips.
▸ n. Chiefly in pl. Something which may be delivered or provided; spec. a tangible result of a development process.
1948Jrnl. Marketing 12 450/2 Of the original mailing 955 solicitations were delivered... Of the deliverables, 185 families, or 19.4 per cent agreed to join the panel. 1988ICL Techn. Jrnl. 6 163 The user is required to identify the ‘deliverables’ for each stage in the development life cycle, and state which V[erification] & V[alidation] activities are associated with each deliverable at each stage. 1993Sci. Amer. June 10/2 Critics of the program have succeeded in convincing the commission to sharpen project definitions and to require tangible ‘deliverables’ every few years. 2002P. Kotler et al. Marketing Moves ix. 156 Membership is defined by the deliverables that employees produce and the employees' fit with the company's strategy, values, and culture. |