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interlibrary loan

–noun
1. a system by which one library obtains a work for a user by borrowing it from another library.
2. a loan made by this system.

Origin:
1925–30; inter- + library
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Main Entry:  interlibrary loan
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a system of book borrowing set up between or among libraries for the use of their customers
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