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

In 2022, the museum’s collections committee and advisory board voted to formally deaccession the two artifacts from the collection, which were then re-classified as on loan to the Stanley from the Oba of Benin. —Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 18 July 2024

The aerial firefighting company works with wildland firefighters and was on loan from Idaho to the U.S. Forest Service to help contain the fire, Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte said in a joint news release. —Elizabeth Walsh, Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2024

These fossils are on loan from the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. —Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2024

The salesman then allegedly forged Jones’ signature on loan documents, taking out a $69,000 loan from another company without Jones’ knowledge. —Alana Semuels, TIME, 18 June 2024