inter-library loan

noun

a system by which one library obtains a work for a user by borrowing it from another library.

a loan made by this system.

Origin:
1925–30; inter- + library

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interlibrary loan (ˌɪntəˈlaɪbrərɪ)

—n
1.	a system by which libraries borrow publications from other libraries
2.	a. an instance of such borrowing
	b. a publication so borrowed

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