mutual
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mutual /ˈmjuːtʃʊəl, -tjʊəl/
▶adjective
- 1 experienced or done by each of two or more parties towards the other or others: mutual respect.
■ (of two or more parties) having the same specified relationship to each other.
- 2 held in common by two or more parties: a mutual friend.
- 3 denoting a building society or insurance company owned by its members and dividing some or all of its profits between them.
– derivatives
mutuality noun,
mutually adverb.
mutuality noun,
mutually adverb.
– origin C15: from OFr. mutuel, from L. mutuus ‘mutual, borrowed’.
'mutual' also found in these Oxford entries:
alliance
- ally
- arms control
- band
- camaraderie
- cartel
- chemistry
- co-
- comity
- compromise
- concert
- confidence
- correlation
- deal
- demutualize
- esprit de corps
- feud
- fraternity
- Freemason
- friend
- friendly society
- give
- guild
- intercorrelation
- league
- liaise
- love
- M
- mutual fund
- mutual induction
- mutualism
- mutualize
- no-load
- pair
- pari-mutuel
- reciprocal
- reciprocity
- social contract
- social partner
- soixante-neuf
- speed dating
- touch
- two-way
