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lend·ing li·bra·ry
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lending library, circulating librarynoun
library that provides books for use outside the building
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lending library
A lending library is a library from which books or other media are lent out to patrons for a specific period of time. This service is typically free of charge or requires a small membership fee. Established rules regulate the borrowing of materials, and late returns may result in penalties. Libraries that offer this service can be public, belonging to educational institutions, or private.
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Lending library
A lending library is a library from which books are lent out. The earliest reference to or use of the term "lending library" yet located in English correspondence dates from ca. 1586; C'Tess Pembroke Ps. CXII. v, "He is ... Most liberall and lending," referring to the books of an unknown type of library, and later in a context familiar to users of contemporary English, in 1708, by J. Chamberlayne; St. Gt. Brit.; III. xii. 475 "[The Libraries] of Cambridge are Lending-libraries; that is, he that is qualified may borrow out of it any book he wants". This definition is closely associated with libraries in England before the Public Libraries Act 1850 was passed which allowed cities to use taxes to create and maintain libraries but did not require cities build them. This definition is also applicable in the United States before 1850 and widespread School District Library Acts which were passed in many states at the same time. It may also refer to a library or other institution that sends materials on request to another library, usually via interlibrary loan.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lending library in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lending library in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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