on loan

See also: on-loan

English

Adjective

on loan (not comparable)

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)

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)

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