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.

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Evan Ferguson’s arrival on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion is too premature for European aspirations but his youthfulness bodes well for the type of player Potter wants to recruit. —

Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025 Diminutive Slovakian fullback Matus Kmet — who didn’t play one minute in MLS last season — is expected to head out on loan to Gornik Zabrze in Poland. —

Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 4 Feb. 2025 As is typical with large clubs like Manchester City, Garcia worked up the ranks while on loan to NAC Breda in Holland and Toulouse in France before transferring to his childhood club, Sporting Gijón, in 2019. —

Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025 Allende, the 25-year-old on loan from Spanish club Celta de Vigo, scored with his left foot in the 48th minute on an assist by Luis Suarez. —

Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for on loan