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, page 2:

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

Synonyms

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

Hypernyms

• money order

Translations

money order processed by official post offices

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 郵政匯票／邮政汇票 (yóuzhèng huìpiào)

• Finnish: postiosoitus
• Greek: ταχυδρομική εντολή f (tachydromikí entolí)
• Swedish: postanvisning c

References

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