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on-loan

on-loan verb: to onlend;. Also the alternative form of on loan.

Verb

on-loan (third-person singular simple present on-loans, present participle on-loaning, simple past and past participle on-loaned)

  1. (transitive) To onlend;
    • 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 […]2002, Richard Auty, Sustaining Development in Mineral Economies: The Resource Curse Thesis
    • By the late 1980s, the World Bank gradually reduced its direct sites-and-services projects; but these continued indirectly where countries 'on-loaned' funds to social housing programmes, as was the case in Chile during years of 1984–1988.2013, Mohamed Hamza, Roger Zetter, Market Economy and Urban Change: Impacts in the Developing World

Noun

on-loan (plural on-loans)

  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...1987, Illinois Register - Volume 11, Issues 5-10, page 97
    • Providing "on-loan" personnel is a common practice in the federal government. The parent organization pays the salary and benefits, but the on-loan personnel work in a host agency.2007, Randall Larsen, Our Own Worst Enemy, →ISBN

Also used as

on-loan is also the alternative form of on loan.

Forms of on-loan

Verb
third-person singular presenton-loans
present participleon-loaning
past participleon-loaned
paston-loaned
Noun
pluralon-loans
Adjective
alternative formonloan

Origin of on-loan

From on- + loan.

Questions about on-loan

What does on-loan mean?
On-loan means to onlend;.
What part of speech is on-loan?
On-loan can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of on-loan?
The past tense of on-loan is on-loaned.

Words near on-loan in the dictionary

  1. on-hangers
  2. on-hold
  3. on-hook
  4. on-leash
  5. on-line
  6. on-loan
  7. on-loaned
  8. on-loaning
  9. on-loans
  10. on-looker
  11. on-lookers

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