Loaned

Loaned is the past tense and past participle of the verb loan. It denotes the act of temporarily giving something to another person with the expectation of return, such as money, equipment, or documents.

In a loan, ownership remains with the lender, while the borrower obtains temporary possession or use. The term applies across contexts, including financial, library, and personal exchanges.

Examples include: The library loaned the book to me for three weeks. The bank loaned funds to the company. He loaned his car to a friend for the weekend. The phrasing can also appear in passive constructions: The book was loaned to me by the librarian.

With loan as a verb, loaned is widely used in American English; some speakers prefer lent as the past tense of lend. The past participle form loaned is used in passive sentences and perfect tenses: The equipment has been loaned to the department.

In formal or legal contexts, a loan typically implies temporary transfer of use rather than ownership, and may come with conditions such as return timelines, responsibility for damage, or interest terms in the case of monetary loans. See also lend, loan, lending, borrowing.