"on loan" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} on loan (not comparable)
  1. Loaned or lent, not owned. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-on_loan-en-adj-~OmcipFx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} on loan (not comparable)
  1. Loaned or lent. Tags: not-comparable Translations (loaned or lent): (jiè) (Chinese Mandarin), en prêt (english: lent) (French), à titre de prêt (French), d’emprunt (english: borrowed) (French), leihweise (German), kölcsönbe (Hungarian), kölcsön- (Hungarian), in prestito (Italian), заимообразно (zaimoobrazno) (Russian), na izposojo (Slovene), prestado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-on_loan-en-adv-s0l5Rf-1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "loaned or lent",
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      "word": "na izposojo"
    },
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      "sense": "loaned or lent",
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