lending library

noun

: a library from which materials are lent
especially : rental library

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The whole property is basically a lending library with new, vintage, and unusual tomes scattered throughout for borrowing while onsite, from Toni Morrison’s Beloved to classic National Geographic photography books. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026 The grant from Lollapalooza will support a $134,000 instrument lending library, and provide $500,000 for rehearsal space, transportation, supplies, and performances. Adam Harrington, CBS News, 17 May 2026 At this point, Venegas briefly glances at the rows of books inside the lending library, as if contemplating the vastness of human creativity. Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026 The store’s official history still frames that first shop as half bookstore, half lending library, and as the place from which Beach published James Joyce’s Ulysses in 1922 when others would not. Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lending library

Word History

First Known Use

1708, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lending library was in 1708

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“Lending library.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lending%20library. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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