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lending library

noun

Definition of lending library

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

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 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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1708, in the meaning defined above

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lending library

noun

English Language Learners Definition of lending library

: a library that lends books to people who can take them home and then return them at a later time

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