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

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

One competitor for Sancho's place in the lineup, U.S. midfielder Gio Reyna, is heading out on loan to Nottingham Forest. —James Ellingworth, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024

Amazon had initially pulled back drastically on loan offers during the early days of pandemic, but eventually reversed course. —Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024

Many are on loan from their (private) owners, while other pieces — and the jewelry outside the vault — were cut by Procop. —Julia Carmel, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024

Still President Florentino Perez gave him a two-year contract extension, but the lack of faith in Lunin was demonstrated by bringing in Kepa on loan from Chelsea when Courtois suffered an ACL rupture on the eve of the ongoing season. —Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024

The Castello Plan, on loan from the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence, Italy, is a watercolor map of New Amsterdam painted around 1660 in Amsterdam by Johannes Vingboons, based on the surveying of Jacques Cortelyou. —Marc Tracy, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024