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单词 postal order
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postal order


noun Chiefly British.

money order.

Origin of postal order

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby postal order

postage stamp, postal, postal card, postal code, postal note, postal order, postal savings bank, postal stationery, postal storage car, postal union, post-and-beam construction
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Example sentences from the Web for postal order

  • After asking for the stamps he asked, quite as a second thought, for a postal-order for ten shillings.

    In the Cage|Henry James
  • She looked again at the postal-order, and with a sharp movement put it inside her blouse.

    Coquette|Frank Swinnerton
  • I enclose a postal-order for sixpence, to see you through the rest of the term.

    Once a Week|Alan Alexander Milne

British Dictionary definitions for postal order

postal order

noun

a written order for the payment of a sum of money, to a named payee, obtainable and payable at a post office
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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