Definition of LOANER

Examples of loaner in a Sentence

The car he's driving is a loaner. His own car was damaged in an accident.

Recent Examples on the Web If the Lincoln pickup and delivery service is used, key driver touch points will be cleaned before delivering your loaner or your personal vehicle. — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, "Customers offered aid as automakers confront COVID-19," 2 Apr. 2020 Nearby, nine Cabot Cove Cottages will reopen May 1, offering weekly ($1,500) and monthly ($5,500) rates that include weekly housekeeping and loaner bikes and kayaks. — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, "Bring in the Robot Cleaners: Travel Industry Innovations for the Pandemic," 28 Mar. 2020 Mazda Many Mazda dealers are providing free drop-off/pick-up services — and complimentary loaner vehicles — while the customer’s Mazda is taken to a dealership for service or maintenance needs. — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, "Customers offered aid as automakers confront COVID-19," 2 Apr. 2020 Take 28 grand off this supreme sedan in Towson, Maryland, for $140,000, or snag a loaner 7 in Las Vegas (okay, with 446 miles, it's technically used) for just $152,000. — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, "9 of the Best New-Car Deals on 2019 Models Right Now," 28 Mar. 2020 Young added 50 loaner cars to his fleet so customers who do come in for service can return home. — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, "GM, Ford and FCA fight for customers with increased service and deals," 20 Mar. 2020 And The New York Times wrote about a fourth-grade honor student who brought home her school’s loaner iPad only to discover there was no internet at her family’s studio apartment in a homeless shelter. — New York Times, "Figuring Out Home Schooling in the Age of Coronavirus," 28 Mar. 2020 Many were loaners from other agencies and have been sent back. — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, "Bigger than Vindman: Trump scrubs 70 Obama holdovers from NSC," 10 Feb. 2020 In Arnold’s Valdez district, teachers will survey families to find out who has capacity for internet, or who might benefit from a loaner laptop or iPad. — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska’s statewide school closure is about to begin. No one knows quite how it will work.," 16 Mar. 2020

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“Loaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loaner. Accessed 4 Jul. 2020.

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