Definition of "special delivery" in English

Noun

1. A kind of postal service in which, for an extra fee, letters and packages are delivered in a highly expedited manner by a special courier.

2. A particular posted letter or package which is delivered in this manner; a particular act of conveying such letters or packages to one or more recipients.

3. Something—whether desirable or undesirable—which is intentionally given to a specific individual or which an individual receives rapidly and unexpectedly; the personalized, direct quality of the transmission of such an item.