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

Although Form 1040-ES includes vouchers for mailing in your payment, the IRS strongly encourages taxpayers to pay electronically and is working to reduce reliance on checks and money orders. —Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026

The rounding does not apply to payments using electronic fund transfers, money orders, credit or debit cards, gift cards, electronic payments, or other means of mixed tender. —Dan Raby, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026

Two men followed a 70-year-old man into his apartment building and robbed him in the elevator, stealing $485 in cash and two blank, unsigned money orders — one for $542, the other for $9 — according to a review of the case that the prosecutor’s office released Monday. —Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 17 Mar. 2026

But the reality of how Windley got the money order wasn’t so cut and dry. —John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 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