"postal order" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: postal orders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} postal order (plural postal orders)
  1. A money order purchased at and issued by a post office for redemption at another post office to a named recipient. Wikipedia link: postal order Categories (topical): Post Synonyms: post-office order, POO, postal money order, postal note (english: Australia & NZ) Hypernyms: money order Translations (money order processed by official post offices): 郵政匯票 (Chinese Mandarin), 邮政汇票 (yóuzhèng huìpiào) (Chinese Mandarin), postiosoitus (Finnish), ταχυδρομική εντολή (tachydromikí entolí) [feminine] (Greek), postanvisning [common-gender] (Swedish)

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