on loan

phrase

: borrowed from someone or something for a period of time

This painting is on loan from the National Gallery.

an actor on loan from another sitcom

Some of the workers were on loan as temporary staff.

Examples of on loan in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His Chelsea team made the semi-finals that campaign, only to be beaten by Atletico Madrid — thanks in no small part to the performance of Thibaut Courtois, then on loan at Atletico from the Stamford Bridge club. — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Caicedo started at left back, replacing Sergio Reguilon, who was out with a hamstring injury, and Noah Allen, who left Inter Miami this week on loan to the Chicago Fire. — Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026

For Lozano, acquired from San Diego on loan less than a month ago, the assist was his first with his new team. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

But British Museum curators say the closure of the Bayeux Museum for refurbishment provided the opportunity for the work to travel on loan. — Mark Rice-Oxley, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

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