loaners

Vehicles while yours heals

Loaners are items temporarily provided as substitutes while your own is being repaired or is otherwise unavailable.

The term appears most often with cars and phones: The dealership gave me a loaner while my car was in the shop.

A loaner can also be a person who lends something, though this use is rare.

vehicles

rental

Paid temporary use

shuttle · demo · test drive

equipment

demo unit

Functional sample for testing

substitute

people

helper

One who aids another

donor · contributor · financier · backer · supporter · moneylender · pawnbroker · bank · credit union

library

due date

When payment is required

overdue · reserve

Opposites
ownership permanence

loanerspersonal property

Movable owned assets

keepers · belongings · purchases · possessions · private property

transaction type

loanerspurchases

Goods obtained for money

acquisitions · gifts · bequests · inheritances

permanence

loanerspermanents

Chemical hair-curling treatments

keepers · investments

Phrases
Family

loaned, loaner

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G