| 单词 | postal note |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspostal note postal note n. (a) U.S. now historical, (between 1945 and 1951) a money order issued by a post office in fixed denominations, payable to a named payee at any post office; (b) a note of postal currency; (c) Australian and New Zealand an order issued by a post office for any required sum and payable at any post office. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > postal order post bill1740 money order1802 post-office order1815 order1846 P.O.O.1856 PO1861 postal note1862 postal order1864 mandat1896 M.O.1909 postal draft1929 1862 N.Y. Times 14 Dec. 3/6 Since no two things are alike..there must be a difference between two postal notes. 1877 Spectator 18 Aug. 1033/2 Mr. Chetwynd's idea is that the postal notes should be issued for sums of 2s. 6d., 5s., 10s., and 20s., at half the present rates for money-orders,—rates which the Committee think too low. 1926 Austral. Encycl. II. 318/1 In 1893 [in New South Wales] an inland and intercolonial parcels post was established and the postal-note system introduced. 1949 Chicago Tribune 11 Dec. iv. 15/1 Send self-addressed envelopes..to the postmaster at Saratoga Springs with a postal note or money order remittance to cover the cost. 1973 Bulletin (Sydney) 25 Aug. 3 Enclosed please find my cheque/postal note. 1994 Stamp Mag. Nov. 153/4 Postal orders. Postal notes, money orders, Bons de Poste, Mandats, related items. < as lemmas |
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