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

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Pay by mail: Send a check or money order with a copy of your statement. Kara McGinley, USA Today, 24 June 2025 Consumers who use the mail are discouraged from mailing checks or cash in favor of money orders. Doha Madani, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2025 LeBlanc would turn in purportedly genuine invoices for postal service expenses, and clerks would issue money orders, the news release said. Sara Schilling, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025 Legal mail, money orders, checks, and other official or privileged correspondence should not be sent to the Phoenix, MD address and must continue to be mailed directly to the jail in accordance with existing policies, the sheriff’s office said. Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for money order

Word History

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of money order was in 1802

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“Money order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/money%20order. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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
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