lending library

Definition of lending library

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

Examples of lending library in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Prince Albert was the first royal patron of the library, which is the world’s largest lending library. — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, "Camilla Is Forced to Cancel an Official Engagement at the London Library Due to a Cold," 6 Nov. 2019 Campers choose books from the camp’s lending library. — Page Leggett, charlotteobserver, "Faith, fitness and fun converge at Camp Walter Johnson," 31 May 2018 The program started decades ago and now runs lending libraries in prisons and publishes a guidebook to help people upon release. — Max Kutner, Newsweek, "With No Google, the Incarcerated Wait for the Mail," 25 Jan. 2015 Campers choose books from the camp’s lending library. — Page Leggett, charlotteobserver, "Faith, fitness and fun converge at Camp Walter Johnson," 31 May 2018 The program started decades ago and now runs lending libraries in prisons and publishes a guidebook to help people upon release. — Max Kutner, Newsweek, "With No Google, the Incarcerated Wait for the Mail," 25 Jan. 2015

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lending library

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“Lending library.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lending%20library. Accessed 27 January 2020.

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