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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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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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