money order

maksumääräys A type of cheque, usually purchased from a postal service to allow safe sending of money through the post, possibly to be redeemed in another country.
1965, Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 51 - 1965, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ROCYaTqvtmwC&pg=PA589&dq=%22money+order%22 %22money+orders%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jgiyT--LMYrKmQWwztWYCQ&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22money%20order%22|%22money%20orders%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 589,

The issue of money orders and postal notes is regulated by sections 74-79 of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901—1961. The maximum amount for which a single money order payable within Australia may be obtained is £40, but additional orders will be issued upon request when larger amounts are to be remitted. The maximum amount permitted to be sent by any one person to a person or persons outside Australia is £A.10 a week. A postal note is not available for a sum larger than twenty shillings.

In the UK, a Money Order Office was formed in 1838, a separate and specialised department of the Royal Mail that had its origins in an officially sanctioned private business carried on from the late eighteenth century.9(..)By 1873, a reliable international money order service was in full operation between the United Kingdom and the majority of its colonies,10 as well as with a number of other countries, not least the USA.11

I begin my discussion of payments with money orders and cashier′s checks because I think they′re just the greatest way to receive payment. Money orders and cashier′s checks are fast, cheap, and negotiable (just like cash).