Usually means: Temporarily transferred for limited use.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word on loan:

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  1. on loan: Merriam-Webster
  2. on loan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. on loan: Collins English Dictionary
  4. On-loan, on-loan: Wordnik
  5. on-loan, on loan: Wiktionary
  6. on loan: Dictionary.com
  7. On loan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on loan: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (on loan)

▸ adjective:  Loaned or lent, not owned.
▸ adverb:  Loaned or lent.

Similar:
unloaned, unborrowed, unloanable, nonborrowed, unowed, unlendable, unowned, unborrowable, unrented, off-lease, more...

Phrases:
on the spot loan, more...

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Similar:
unloaned, unborrowed, unloanable, nonborrowed, unowed, unlendable, unowned, unborrowable, unrented, off-lease, more...

Phrases:
on the spot loan, more...



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