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money order

 
 
noun [C] (abbreviation MO, also postal money order, UK also postal order) MONEY

Definition

a document that can be bought at a post office as a way of sending money through the mail: The terms of payment are cash, money order, or cashier's check.
(Definition of money order noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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