postal order
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English
Noun
postal order (plural postal orders)
- 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, page 2:
- ...the bill to establish a postal order system...
Synonyms
- post-office order, POO; postal money order; postal note (Australia & NZ)
Hypernyms
Translations
money order processed by official post offices
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References
- “postal, 148408.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
