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Delivery receipt

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, delivery receipt means: An email-system notification that a message was delivered to its destination, without confirming it was read.

In Turkish: teslim bildirimi

How it is used

Used for email delivery status; distinguish it from a read receipt and from a signed record for a physical delivery.

Example sentences

  1. The delivery receipt confirms that the email reached the client, not that she opened the attachment.

    The notification concerns delivery rather than reading the attached file.

  2. Save the delivery receipt with the outgoing message in the correspondence folder.

    The system's delivery record is retained alongside the message.

Common collocations

  • request a delivery receipt
  • email delivery receipt
  • save a delivery receipt
  • replyTo answer a message, question, or request in speech or writing.
  • email threadA series of connected email messages on the same subject, shown together in date order.

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