on loan
See also: on-loan
English
Adjective
on loan (not comparable)
- loaned or lent
- 2002, Lou Harry, Sam Stall, As Seen on TV, →ISBN:
- Shortly thereafter Sugarman learned that the technology behind the pricey sunglasses wasn't on loan from NASA.
- 2003, Nicholas Clifford, Gill Valentine, Key Methods in Geography, →ISBN, page 27:
- As you generate your list of references check whether your library holds the books, and if so whether they are on loan.
- 2014, N. Jay Young, A Ship's Tale, →ISBN:
- Bowman only hinted it was “on loan” from the Chatham Dockyard, so I didn't ask more.
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Adverb
on loan (not comparable)
- loaned or lent
- She worked on loan from another agency.