on loan

idiom

: 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

Margulies eventually moved much of the collection to Florida International University’s main campus on loan for several years. —Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025

Macy’s staff organized a march to Herald Square featuring festive floats, costumed workers, and live animals on loan from the Central Park Zoo. —Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 27 Nov. 2025

The display also includes a braid of human hair that is on loan from the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum in San Francisco. —Sophia Arndt, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2025

The National Gallery of Canada, where the painting was on loan for many years, has an account of the the artwork's history. —Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025

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