One who loans; a lender
'loaner' is a correct and usable word in written English. It can be used to refer to a person, object, or other item that has been temporarily given to someone who will be responsible for its return. Example sentence: The library allowed me to borrow a laptop as a loaner while my computer was being repaired.
This I have mostly done, but for the purpose of this assignment I've had a loaner at home — a Wii, with all the fixin's.
In a Times piece not long ago, Kenneth Lieberthal, a China hand at the Brookings Institution, said that he not only leaves his phone and laptop at home, but also turns off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, uses a loaner phone, and takes the battery out for meetings.
Is Thomas still, to put it bluntly, the loaner you made him out to be in 1993?
I suppose it could have been a loaner, but the way she engaged with it — the obvious pride and pleasure she was radiating — led me to believe that the child was hers.
Then, at perhaps my lowest point, I imagined that I had a son who I sent to the people to do with as they wished — some kind of bizarre loaner, I guess.
The moment the queen and court were announced — Kristen, Shaunie Surrency, Britney Balliet, Jackie Raulerson, and Amanda Sparkman — the town laid gifts at their feet, ranging from loaner fox stoles for chilly nights at the festival to scholarship money, and free tanning sessions at Planet Beach.
James got used to the sound of his Remington; when it was in the repair shop and he had to use a loaner, the new machine's different sound drove him crazy.
Thanks to Ludwig my first paper got accepted! The editor wrote me that my manuscript was well-written
Listya Utami K.
PhD Student in Biology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia