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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
on loan en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Loaned or lent, not owned.
As you generate your list of references check whether your library holds the books, and if so whether they are on loan.
2003, Nicholas Clifford, Gill Valentine, Key Methods in Geography, →ISBN, page 27:Bowman only hinted it was “on loan” from the Chatham Dockyard, so I didn't ask more.
2014, N. Jay Young, A Ship's Tale, →ISBN:Shortly thereafter Sugarman learned that the technology behind the pricey sunglasses wasn't on loan from NASA.
2002, Lou Harry, Sam Stall, As Seen on TV, →ISBN:An ex-L.S.W.R. 0-6-0 goods engine, No. 0395, and a "Terrier" tank-engine, No. 2678, are now on loan.
1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Kent & East Sussex Railway Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 182:
on loan en · ADV
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Loaned or lent.
She worked on loan from another agency.
Translations (12)
hu kölcsön- (loaned or lent) · fr en prêt (loaned or lent) · fr à titre de prêt (loaned or lent) · cmn 借 (loaned or lent) · pl pożyczony (loaned or lent) · de leihweise (loaned or lent) · hu kölcsönbe (loaned or lent) · sl na izposojo (loaned or lent) · ru заимообразно (loaned or lent) · fr d'emprunt (loaned or lent) · es prestado (loaned or lent) · it in prestito (loaned or lent)