lending library

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noun

Also called circulating library, rental library. a small library that is maintained by a commercial establishment, as a drugstore, and is composed largely of current books that are lent to customers for a fee.

Chiefly British. a public library that lends materials or the division or section of it that carries out this function.

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Origin of lending library

First recorded in 1700–10

Words nearby lending library

lend, lendable, lend a hand, lend color to, lender of last resort, lending library, lend itself to, Lendl, lend-lease, lend one's ear, Lenexa

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How to use lending library in a sentence

It’s the financial equivalent of the leap from postal service to email, or lending library to Internet.
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I immediately put deaccessioned books in my car, then, as I drove around, I deposited them into the tiny lending libraries that dot our neighborhood.
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The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.
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At that point, the Library of Congress can once again decide to prohibit consumers from unlocking their cell phones.
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He does not hesitate to hide some Marxist books from her library because she fears that the military could use them against her.
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For a few hours every day she would read big books at the library, watch reruns of the show, and dig through questions in the J!
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A shooter opened fire inside the library at Florida State University this morning.
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The parliament house and library of the British provinces, at Montreal, burned by a mob.
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This library is considered the most valuable and extensive in American history and antiquities, ever collected.
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At this stock-taking the number unaccounted-for is twenty-two, several of which are quite recent accessions to the Library.
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The correspondence of the Library has quite materially increased in volume.
Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year 1924-25|General Assembly Library (New Zealand)
She wished that Lady Victoria had made the appointment for the library, which was equally in tune with another side of her.
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British Dictionary definitions for lending library

lending library

noun

Also called (esp US): circulating library the department of a public library providing books for use outside the building

a small commercial library

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lending library

Origin of lending library

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British Dictionary definitions for lending library