money order

noun

: an order issued by a post office, bank, or telegraph office for payment of a specified sum of money usually at any branch of the organization

Examples of money order in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead of having to write a check or fill out a money order, the platform enabled people to securely and quickly send money digitally using their email address. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Contributions must be made in cash — whether by check, money order or electronic transfer — and must occur before the calendar year in which the beneficiary turns 18. — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Campbell and the other accomplice would hop from post office to post office to cash the money orders. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026

In order to secure the funds, the family members submitted fake financial instruments and money orders, continuing to do so even after the IRS sent them letters telling them to stop, according to the statement. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for money order

• boarder
• border
• corder
• warder
• camcorder
• disorder
• recorder
• reorder
• suborder
• transborder

Kids Definition

money order

noun

: a written order purchased for a fee (as from a bank) to pay a particular amount of money to a specified person or company

Legal Definition

money order

noun

: an order issued by a post office, bank, or telegraph office for payment of a specified sum of money usually at any branch of the issuing organization