A delivery attempt is a visit made to hand something over. A failed delivery attempt, a second delivery attempt.
Most services make two or three before returning an item to the sender. A delivery attempt logged when nobody knocked is the commonest complaint made about couriers.
1noundelivery attemptA visit made to hand something over.
“The tracking showed a delivery attempt at a time she had been in all day.”
delivery attempt is a visit.
Practised in Bank & Post Office