delivery note

Meaning

A delivery note is a document sent with a shipment of goods that lists the description and quantity of the items delivered. It is signed by the recipient to prove they received the shipment. It is an essential document in logistics and warehouse management.

Examples

• Please sign the delivery note once you have checked the boxes.

  Please sign the delivery note once you have checked the boxes.

• We can't find the delivery note for the last office furniture shipment.

  We can't find the delivery note for the last office furniture shipment.

• The delivery note says there should be ten laptops, but we only received eight.

  The delivery note says there should be ten laptops, but we only received eight.

• Could you email a copy of the signed delivery note to our accounts team?

  Could you email a copy of the signed delivery note to our accounts team?

• The driver forgot to leave the delivery note with the warehouse manager.

  The driver forgot to leave the delivery note with the warehouse manager.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Please sign the delivering note.

  ✓ Please sign the delivery note.

  'Delivery' is used as a noun adjunct here. Using the participle 'delivering' is grammatically incorrect in this business context.

• ✗ The delivery note has been shipped to the client.

  ✓ The delivery note has been sent to the client.

  A delivery note is a document, not physical merchandise, so it is sent, emailed, or delivered, but not 'shipped' by freight.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Before the driver leaves, make sure you sign the ___.

  💡 The document proving you received the physical goods

  Show answer

  delivery note

• I need to check the ___ to see if all five boxes actually arrived.

  💡 The paper listing the shipped items sent with the package

  Show answer

  delivery note