: something (such as a car or a watch) that is lent especially as a replacement for something being repaired
Examples of loaner in a Sentence
The car he's driving is a loaner. His own car was damaged in an accident.
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From rush hour traffic to highway cruising and canyon carving, my loaner’s Cosmopolitan Yellow paint job turned heads.
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Guests here can make use of loaner bikes to go deer-watching.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 16 Jan. 2025
Restivo has relied on duct tape and loaner legs since last year, awaiting repairs to a chip malfunction in his main prosthetic.
—Hope Hodge Seck, The Tennessean, 6 Aug. 2024
Any amount of time spent flogging the Vantage in the hills of Malibu, either on a weekday lunch break or a Sunday cruise, provided the real peaks of my time with the loaner.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Guests here can make use of loaner bikes to go deer-watching.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 16 Jan. 2025
Restivo has relied on duct tape and loaner legs since last year, awaiting repairs to a chip malfunction in his main prosthetic.
—Hope Hodge Seck, The Tennessean, 6 Aug. 2024
Any amount of time spent flogging the Vantage in the hills of Malibu, either on a weekday lunch break or a Sunday cruise, provided the real peaks of my time with the loaner.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for loaner
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“Loaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loaner. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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