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Mutual : adj
1: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common
friend"; "the mutual interests of management and
labor" [syn: common]
2: concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially
given or done in return; "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal
trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other
clubs" [syn: reciprocal] [ant: nonreciprocal]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Mutual : \Mu"tu*al\, a. [F. mutuel, L. mutuus, orig., exchanged,
borrowed, lent; akin to mutare to change. See Mutable.]
1. Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and
giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal;
interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance,
aversion, etc.
Conspiracy and mutual promise. --Sir T. More.
Happy in our mutual help, And mutual love. --Milton.
A certain shyness on such subjects, which was mutual
between the sisters. --G. Eliot.
2. Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or
things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual
happiness; a mutual effort. --Burke.
A vast accession of misery and woe from the mutual
weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
--Bentley.
Note: This use of mutual as synonymous with common is
inconsistent with the idea of interchange, or
reciprocal relation, which properly belongs to it; but
the word has been so used by many writers of high
authority. The present tendency is toward a careful
discrimination.
Mutual, as Johnson will tell us, means something
reciprocal, a giving and taking. How could people
have mutual ancestors? --P. Harrison.
Mutual insurance, agreement among a number of persons to
insure each other against loss, as by fire, death, or
accident.
Mutual insurance company, one which does a business of
insurance on the mutual principle, the policy holders
sharing losses and profits pro rata.
Syn: Reciprocal; interchanged; common.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Mutual, OH (village, FIPS 53480)
Location: 40.07906 N, 83.63735 W
Population (1990): 126 (54 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Mutual, OK (town, FIPS 50150)
Location: 36.22978 N, 99.16733 W
Population (1990): 68 (43 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73853
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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