Meaning & use
postal money orders
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“postal money orders” is a form of “postal money order”.
Meaning
nounplural
Plural of postal money order: documents bought at a post office that let the buyer pay a fixed sum to a named person.
Grammar: Plural countable noun: buy two postal money orders.
Patterns
- pay by postal money order
- buy a postal money order
She paid her rent with postal money orders because she had no bank account.
Postal money orders are cheaper to buy than bank drafts in many places.
He cashed three postal money orders at the post office.
Word forms
| singular | postal money order |
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Common combinations
- buy postal money orders
- You can buy postal money orders at any post office.
- cash a postal money order
- She cashed a postal money order at the counter.
- pay with postal money orders
- Landlords may accept payment with postal money orders.
- send postal money orders
- He sent postal money orders to his family abroad.
Synonyms and how they differ
- money orders
- Money orders is the shorter form and can refer to those sold by banks or shops, not only post offices.
- bank drafts
- Bank drafts are issued by a bank and usually for larger sums.
- cashier's checks
- Cashier's checks are issued by banks and are used for bigger payments.
- postal orders
- Postal orders is the British term for the same idea.
Word family
- postal adjective
- relating to the mail service
- money order noun
- a paper order to pay a stated sum
- post noun
- the system for sending mail
- postage noun
- the cost of sending mail
Commonly confused: postal money orders or postal orders?
postal money orders vs postal orders
Postal orders is the British name for a similar product, while postal money orders is the American term.
Practice
Where would you normally buy postal money orders?
Choose one answer.
Postal money orders are sold by post offices. Some shops sell other money orders, but the postal kind comes from the postal service.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “postal money orders”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.