ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Postal orders of the United Kingdom

A postal order is like a special piece of paper that you can send in the mail to pay for things. It's a bit like money, but it's safer to send in the mail than real money because it can't be easily stolen.

In the United Kingdom, a postal order is made by the Post Office. You can buy one from a Post Office if you want to send money to someone else. You can write the name of the person you want to send the money to on the postal order, and they can take the postal order to a Post Office to cash it in.

Postal orders can be used to pay bills or buy things from shops or businesses that accept them. They are a good way to make sure that your money gets to the person you want to send it to, and they can be replaced if they get lost in the post.

So, in summary, a postal order is a special kind of paper that you can use to send money in the mail in a safe way in the United Kingdom.