1848 J. S. Mill II. iii. xxiii. 185 The only instance of the kind in recent history on a scale comparable to that of the war loans, is the absorption of capital in the construction of railways.
1974 24 June 17/1 ‘War Loan is a buy when the price equals the yield’ was the joke on everyone's lips in Throgmorton Street a couple of years ago. Today it is no longer a joke—almost a reality. On Friday 31/ 2 p.c. War Loan dropped to an all time low of £231/ 2.