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on loan1(Of a thing) being borrowed: the painting is at present on loan to the Tate Gallery...- Since then, it has travelled on loan to more than a dozen other opera companies throughout North America.
- The watch is on loan to the exhibition from a leading UK collector.
- It had been on loan to the Galleries since the 1950s but that was not long enough to qualify for a Heritage Lottery Fund grant.
1.1(Of a worker or sports player) on secondment to another organization or team, typically for an agreed fixed period: Roberts, on loan from United, scored his first goal for City today...- Both went on loan to several clubs before leaving permanently.
- They have had to go out on loan to make sure they get more experience.
- He went on loan to Blackpool but they had two cup matches in that time and Sunderland wouldn't allow him to play in them.
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