: something (such as a car or a watch) that is lent especially as a replacement for something being repaired
Examples of loaner in a Sentence
The car he's driving is a loaner. His own car was damaged in an accident.
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Restivo has relied on duct tape and loaner legs since last year, awaiting repairs to a chip malfunction in his main prosthetic.
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Hope Hodge Seck, The Tennessean, 6 Aug. 2024
Any amount of time spent flogging the Vantage in the hills of Malibu, either on a weekday lunch break or a Sunday cruise, provided the real peaks of my time with the loaner.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
The loaner equipment must fit the passenger's functional and safety needs as much as possible.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Some 700,000 clay tiles were sourced from Jalisco for the 72 rooms and suites, but strategic pops of yellow — on an umbrella by the saltwater pool or woven into loaner guest caftans by female artisans in Chiapas — are what caught my eye.
—Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
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Hope Hodge Seck, The Tennessean, 6 Aug. 2024
Any amount of time spent flogging the Vantage in the hills of Malibu, either on a weekday lunch break or a Sunday cruise, provided the real peaks of my time with the loaner.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
The loaner equipment must fit the passenger's functional and safety needs as much as possible.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Some 700,000 clay tiles were sourced from Jalisco for the 72 rooms and suites, but strategic pops of yellow — on an umbrella by the saltwater pool or woven into loaner guest caftans by female artisans in Chiapas — are what caught my eye.
—Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Loaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loaner. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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