How to Use money order in a Sentence

money order

noun
  • The small fee is paid by credit card or money order.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Young takes checks, money orders, wire transfers, cash, and that's about it.
    — Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The fee is $9, paid by credit card or money order.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Payments can only be made for the full amount by check or money order.
    — Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Those buyers would arrange to have money orders or cash sent to a post office box.
    — John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2017
  • All checks and money orders should be payable to Deputy Justin Gay.
    — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Note that the e-visa site shows both check and money order as options, but checks are only for agencies.
    — AFAR Media, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The company is still working out the process for people who paid by check or money order.
    — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Gone are the days of relying on money orders or wire transfers to send money abroad.
    — Andreina Rodriguez,maya Benjamin, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Then, money orders and Zelle payments.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The five city locations take checks, money orders, and payment cards.
    — Christian Hetrick, https://www.inquirer.com, 6 June 2019
  • The woman called Western Union, which told her the money order had been cashed.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The tax applies only when customers pay for their transfers with cash, money orders, or cashier’s checks.
    — Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Cost to add your Enfield address to the map is $25, via check or money order.
    — courant.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Alimony payments must be in cash or a cash equivalent, like a check or money order.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • That includes cash, money orders, cashier’s checks and traveler’s checks.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Nothing was wrong with the envelope that contained the money order.
    — Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The conspirators had to figure out which money orders were cancelled and which would go through.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
  • But the reality of how Windley got the money order wasn’t so cut and dry.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • An unemployed man in Dakar receives a money order from his nephew in Paris.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The man would only accept blank money orders or cash, police said, and sometimes asked clients to pay him through a middle man.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Checks or money orders should be made payable to the United States Treasury.
    — Mark Glover, sacbee, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Postal officials reported that all of the mail to that box was from prisoners and much of it was cash and money orders.
    — John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Campbell and the other accomplice would hop from post office to post office to cash the money orders.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
  • Cash all checks received in a timely manner (including cashier’s checks and money orders).
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Her mother didn't have a bank account, so paying bills meant going to the post office to purchase money orders.
    — Terry Gross, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The victims stole five of her money orders, according to the indictment.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
  • Each of them was then asked to forward the shipping fee by money order to a person who was arranging the delivery.
    — Zachary Small, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • If mailed, the property’s assessment number, which can be found on the bill, should be written on the check or money order.
    — Staff Reports, NOLA.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Rose was given a money order for the restitution Friday.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026

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