| 单词 | postal order |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspostal order postal order n. a form of money order issued by a post office for the payment of a specified sum to a named payee at any post office; (formerly) such an order for one of a number of fixed sums. 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 1864 N.Y. Times 3 Aug. 2/4 The bill to establish a postal order system. 1865 Sci. Amer. 16 Sept. 188/2 The safest way to remit money is by a draft or Postal Order on New York, payable to the order of Messrs. Munn & Co. 1883 Postal Telegr. & Telephonic Gaz. Would it not be well if the newer issue were styled ‘postal notes’, as in common parlance?..‘Post-office order’ and ‘postal order’ are too much alike in sound. 1916 A. Huxley Let. c12 July (1969) 106 Business first... This postal order, is not for you..au contraire, for me. 1989 S. Bedford Jigsaw v. 275 When my own money came in—by international postal order—we reversed roles: I trying to conceal, she trying to get me to fork out. < as lemmas |
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