English edit

Etymology edit

From self- +‎ deliver.

Verb edit

self-deliver (third-person singular simple present self-delivers, present participle self-delivering, simple past and past participle self-delivered)

  1. To provide what is needed oneself, e.g. by on-site manufacture from raw materials.
    • 2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 52:
      Senior Project Manager Mark Clapp says: "There is so much space here that we can self-deliver all the final materials we need for the tunnels and viaduct. All the raw materials are brought in via the M25 slip road, so we are pretty much self-contained."