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

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

The risk of swift and embarrassing no-confidence votes on loan marks is the cost of investment managers rushing toward the retail money available in public markets, and this tradeoff will keep coming up. —Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 20 Nov. 2025

A number of clubs across the country and in Europe are interested in taking him on loan but Liverpool have not yet decided on his short-term future. —Gregg Evans, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025

But critics have pushed back, arguing that 50-year mortgages, compared to standard 30-year mortgages, would do little to address home prices themselves, while leaving buyers in debt longer and spending more on loan interest. —Jarrod Barry, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for on loan

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