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Pub′lic Lend′ing Right′, 
  1. British Terms, Government, Library Science(in Britain) an act of Parliament that directs compensation to an author for the library loan of his or her book.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Public Lending Right
  1. the right of authors to receive payment when their books are borrowed from public libraries
'Public Lending Right' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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