on loan

See also: on-loan

English

Adjective

on loan (not comparable)

1. Loaned or lent, not owned.
   • 1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Kent & East Sussex Railway Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 182:

     An ex-L.S.W.R. 0-6-0 goods engine, No. 0395, and a "Terrier" tank-engine, No. 2678, are now on loan.

   • 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.

Adverb

on loan (not comparable)

1. Loaned or lent.

   She worked on loan from another agency.

Translations

loaned or lent

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 借 (zh) (jiè)

• French: (lent) en prêt, à titre de prêt, (borrowed) d’emprunt
• German: leihweise (de)
• Hungarian: kölcsönbe, kölcsön- (hu)
• Italian: in prestito
• Russian: заимообразно (ru) (zaimoobrazno), ^{(please verify)} напрокат (ru) (naprokat)
• Slovene: na izposojo
• Spanish: prestado (es)