money order (muni order)

An order, payable at sight, granted, upon payment of the sum and a small commi ion, by one post-office, and payable at another. - Money-order office. (a) In the United States, a division of the post-office de part ment of the government, the office of the superintendent of the money-order system. (b) A money-order post-office.- Money-order post-office, in the osteosters General to i ue and pay money-orders. money-pot (mun'i-pot), n. A money-box, especially of earthenware, from which coins can be taken only by breaking the ve el. money-scrivener (mun'i-skriv nėr), n. A person who raises money for others; a money broker. Suppose a young unexperienced man in the hands of money scriveners; such fellows are like your wire-drawing mills; if they get hold of a man's finger, they will pull in his whole body at last. Arbuthnot, Hist. John Bull. money-spider (mun'i-spīder), n. A small spider of the family Attidæ, Epiblemum scenicum, of common occurrence in North America, supposed to prognosticate good luck or the receipt of money to the person it crawls on. money-spinner (mun'i-spin"ėr), n. Same as money-spider.