public lending rightglossary / PUBLIC-LENDING RIGHT public-lending right. Copyright. In the U.K. and some other countries, the right of an author to a royalty for works that are lent out by a public library. —Abbr. PLR. 词条贡献者 译者大智,毕业于一所旨在培养高级翻译专业人才的翻译院校,擅长翻译各种与环境保护相关的法律文件。