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
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The new tax will apply to specific transactions made with cash, money orders, cashier’s checks or similar physical instruments.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
That includes traveler’s checks, money orders, or foreign currency.
—Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Her mother didn't have a bank account, so paying bills meant going to the post office to purchase money orders.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
The company started out in 1940 as Travelers Express, which specialized in money orders, and was acquired by Greyhound to be part of the bus company’s suite of services.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
That includes traveler’s checks, money orders, or foreign currency.
—Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Her mother didn't have a bank account, so paying bills meant going to the post office to purchase money orders.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
The company started out in 1940 as Travelers Express, which specialized in money orders, and was acquired by Greyhound to be part of the bus company’s suite of services.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for money order
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“Money order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/money%20order. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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