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mutual adjective [ ˈmjuːtʃʊəl ]

• (of a feeling or action) experienced or done by each of two or more parties towards the other or others.
• "a partnership based on mutual respect and understanding"
Similar: reciprocal, reciprocated, requited, returned, give-and-take, interchangeable, interactive, complementary, correlative, common, joint, shared,
• held in common by two or more parties.
• "we were introduced by a mutual friend"

mutual noun

• a mutual building society or insurance company.
• "life insurance firms are mutuals, owned by their policyholders"
Origin: late 15th century: from Old French mutuel, from Latin mutuus ‘mutual, borrowed’; related to mutare ‘to change’.


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