expedite delivery

Meaning

This phrase means to accelerate the shipping, dispatch, or distribution of goods, documents, or services to a customer or client. It is frequently used in logistics, supply chain management, and e-commerce transactions when urgent shipping is required. The tone is professional, urgent, and customer-focused.

Examples

• We are willing to pay extra shipping fees if you can expedite delivery.

  We are willing to pay extra shipping fees if you can expedite delivery.

• The logistics team is working hard to expedite delivery of your order.

  The logistics team is working hard to expedite delivery of your order.

• To prevent production delays, we must ask the supplier to expedite delivery of the raw materials.

  To prevent production delays, we must ask the supplier to expedite delivery of the raw materials.

• Could you please check if there is any way to expedite delivery of these critical components?

  Could you please check if there is any way to expedite delivery of these critical components.

• Due to the high demand, we have partnered with a local courier to expedite delivery.

  Due to the high demand, we have partnered with a local courier to expedite delivery.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We need to expedite on delivery.

  ✓ We need to expedite delivery.

  'Expedite' is a direct transitive verb and should not be followed by prepositions like 'on' or 'for'.

• ✗ They promised to expedite delivery more quickly.

  ✓ They promised to expedite delivery.

  Because 'expedite' already means to deliver more quickly, adding 'more quickly' is grammatically redundant.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The client is facing a tight deadline, so we need to ___ of the prototypes.

  💡 speed up the shipping or sending process

  Show answer

  expedite delivery

• Can we contact the supplier and ask them to ___ of the missing parts?

  💡 accelerate the arrival of the shipment

  Show answer

  expedite delivery