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noun
A gratuitous loan for the temporary use of a thing to be returned after a fixed or determinable time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Roman
Qualifier: civil law
Topics: law
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noun
A contract in which movables are loaned in this way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Middle English, from Latin commodātum (“loan”), neuter substantive of commodātus (“borrowed, lent”).
