Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interlibrary loan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-li-brary loan
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A loan of an item (such as a book, article, or sound recording) between two library systems or similar institutions.

Example Sentences

"Only one university in the country had the book they needed but they were able to get it sent to their local library via interlibrary loan."
"The Summon discovery service, as implemented at Penn State, prioritizes retrieval of online and locally owned material; therefore, it was not unexpected to observe a reduction in interlibrary loan borrowing requests by undergraduates."

Inflected Forms

interlibrary loans (plural)

Synonyms

interloan ILL

Questions

What does interlibrary loan mean?: A loan of an item (such as a book, article, or sound recording) between two library systems or similar institutions.

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