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Recent Examples on the Web Last year, though, China rescinded those on loan, not only from the U.S. but also from zoos in Scotland. —

Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 May 2024 The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute was previously home to Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, who were on loan from China for a research and breeding program. —

Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 May 2024 Much of the weeks-long mortgage fraud trial focused on Mosby’s failure to disclose a sizable federal tax debt on loan applications for both properties. —

Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2024 Mei Xiang and Tian Tian were on loan for a research and breeding program. —

CBS News, 17 May 2024 One of them is on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. —

Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2024 Some orchids are on loan from the Palomar Orchid Society and San Diego County Orchid Society. —

The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024 The former is on loan from the work’s owner, while the latter will be up for sale during the exhibition. —

Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024 The aircraft, which has a wingspan of 20 feet 2 inches and is more than 24 feet long and 7 feet tall with the X-wing costume on, will be on loan indefinitely from Disney and Boeing. —

Kelyn Soong, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024

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