postal order

postal order

English

Noun

postal order (plural postal orders)

1. A money order purchased at and issued by a post office for redemption at another post office to a named recipient.
   • 1864 August 3, New York Times, p. 2:

     ...the bill to establish a postal order system...

Hypernyms

• money order

Synonyms

• post-office order, POO; postal money order; postal note (Australia & NZ)

Translations

money order processed by official post offices

Finnish: postiosoitus Greek: ταχυδρομική εντολή f (tachydromikí entolí)

Swedish: postanvisning c

References

• “postal, 148408.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.