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

She was sentenced in October 2014 to 15 months in prison after striking a deal with prosecutors and agreeing to plead guilty to mail, wire and bank fraud for falsifying statements on loan applications. —Tracy Wright, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2025

The full-back had a difficult couple of years with Spurs and was sent out on loan three times. —Jay Harris, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025

Yun is regarded as one of South Korea’s brightest prospects along with 18-year-old Yang Min-hyeok, who joined Tottenham Hotspur last summer from Gangwon and is currently on loan at Queens Park Rangers in the Championship. —Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025

Once a serial champion with Real Madrid, the Spaniard, half of whose family is Dutch, has netted seven goals in his last five matches across all competitions after joining the team on loan from Paris Saint-Germain in February. —Henry Flynn, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for on loan

• alone
• atone
• backbone
• bemoan
• bluestone
• breastbone
• brownstone
• capstone
• cheekbone
• condone
• curbstone
• cyclone