money order

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Recent Examples of money order Gabriel replied that the only way the family could do so was through a money order in Gabriel's name. Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 16 July 2025 At a retail store: Pay by cash, check, money order, debit or credit card at an Optimum store. Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 10 July 2025 Beginning in April, FinCEN will require money service businesses (MSBs) in those ZIP codes to report those Americans who spend more than $200 in cash or cash equivalent on items like money orders and traveler's checks. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 Route 2 handled 57,000 pieces of mail and sold 59 money orders. Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for money order
Recent Examples of Synonyms for money order
Noun
  • First, when shopping in brick-and-mortar stores, use paper money.
    Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 31 July 2025
  • In recent years, aided by the wider paper trail inherent in the shift from paper money to credit cards, the IRS started policing tip reporting on tax returns more carefully.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • In exchange, Terrell had signed a promissory note committing to pay her $60,000 by year-end.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Today Khader is an emergency physician at Northwestern Medicine Palos Health in Palos Heights and Moe has a solo practice in civil law, which includes contract disputes, promissory notes and leases.
    Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Not all vendors accept credit cards or electronic payments, so make sure to bring your folding money.
    Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
  • And on New Year's Day, the traditional Southern spread consists of black-eyed peas and collard greens (symbols for wealth—coins and green folding money, respectively), ham or pork (for prosperity), and cornbread (for gold).
    Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 30 Nov. 2021
Noun
  • The Eagles have acquired running back Tank Bigsby from the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a fifth and sixth-round pick in the 2026 draft.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Things seemed to briefly improve, with the draft 2026 budget unveiled last month projecting both a lower deficit and higher growth.
    Grace Sihombing, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Every year, charities with leadership linked to the CCP pump millions of dollars into American environmentalist charities, some of which work directly with the Chinese government to accomplish its policy goals.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • On the low end, that could save around $75 each month over the life of a 30-year, 5% interest, half-million-dollar loan — or a total of around $25,000.
    Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Today, the idea of issuing private banknotes is not very popular.
    Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Minnesota resident and YouTuber Dan, who runs the channel Polar Currency, shared the $1 continental banknote dated February 17, 1776.
    Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025

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“Money order.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/money%20order. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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