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

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

Argentine striker Julian Carranza arrived in the summer on loan but hasn’t scored a goal in 19 games for Leicester and parent club Feyenoord. —Rob Tanner, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025

Both the Young Man At His Window and Boating Party are on loan from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, in collaboration with the renowned Paris museum, Fondation Louis Vuitton. —Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025

By the terms of the contract, one of those vessels will remain on loan to the museum for at least two years, according to the lawyer George Fatheree, who is representing Drake’s descendants. —Jori Finkel, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for on loan

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