Money order

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A directive to pay a prespecified amount of money from prepaid funds, making it a more trusted method of payment than a check.

    "1965, Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 51 - 1965, page 589, The issue of money orders and postal notes is regulated by sections 74-79 of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901—1961. The maximum amount for which a single money order payable within Australia may be obtained is £40, but additional orders will be issued upon request when larger amounts are to be remitted. The maximum amount permitted to be sent by any one person to a person or persons outside Australia is £A.10 a week. A postal note is not available for a sum larger than twenty shillings."

  2. 2
    a written order for the payment of a sum to a named individual; obtainable and payable at a post office wordnet

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: moneyorder