† 1. Money payable as a contribution to a government loan. Obs.
1523. in Ellis, Orig. Lett., Ser. I. I. 221. The ijs of the Li of lone money shalbe payed with a good will and with thanke.
c. 1645. Howell, Lett. (1892), I. 249. There is much murmuring about the restraint of those that would not conform to Loan Moneys.
1659. in Rushw., Hist. Coll., I. 431. Sir P. H. refusing to part with Loan-money, was called before the Lords of the Council.
a. 1715. Burnet, Own Time (1724), I. 381. Sir Harbottle’s father … lay long in prison, because he would not pay the loan-money.
2. Money advanced as a loan.
1727. T. Amory, 24 May, in W. B. Weeden, Econ. & Soc. Hist. New Eng. (1890), II. 480. We shall soon see if the Loan Money will be continued. The Lower House is for it.
1764. Rhode Island Col. Rec. (1861), VI. 393. As fast as gold and silver shall be paid into the said office, for the aforesaid loan money.
1895. Daily News, 3 May, 9/4. A decline in the rate for loan money from 4 to 31/2.
