0 an official piece of paper with an amount of money written on it that you can send or give to someone who can then exchange it for the same amount of money at a post office
1 → money order
A stamp would have had to be bought, an envelope, pen, ink, paper found, and a postal order obtained.
The old age pensioner much prefers two half-crowns to a postal order.
Is it wise to encourage people to use more frequently either the postal order or the currency note rather than the cheque?
I suppose he may send a postal order, but that is going to take a great deal longer.
But he gave a view that the boy signed the postal order.
Postal order counterfoils alone would not be considered sufficient evidence that these conditions had been satisfied.
It was from this fact that the postal order service, as we know it today, grew up.
A postal order is for a much smaller amount and has a far less rigid degree of security.
