On-loan

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A loan that is made from something that was borrowed; something that is onloaned.

    "The financial intermediary shall include with its notifications, as required in section 900.180(a) of this Part, Notice of Claim and Proof of Loss full information regarding en the basis for the claim, including copies of correspondence with the eligible exporter, a record of all attempts to collect the on-loan, and proof that the financial intermediary has taken all legal steps necessary to preserve the interest in the collateral, and such other documents as may be required by the insurer."

Verb
  1. 1
    To onlend; transitive

    "This became necessary because the 1982 exchange rate devaluation virtually bankrupted the Chilean financial sector (Loser 1987). The banks had borrowed large sums denominated in dollars and on-loaned them to domestic borrowers […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of on loan. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "The school's technology coordinator reports that the program has been highly successful, especially for students, who use the on-loan computers for a wide range of personal and school-related activities."

Example

More examples

"This became necessary because the 1982 exchange rate devaluation virtually bankrupted the Chilean financial sector (Loser 1987). The banks had borrowed large sums denominated in dollars and on-loaned them to domestic borrowers […]"

Etymology

From on- + loan.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.