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mutual |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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: experienced or expressed by each toward the other "mutual trust"; "a mutual defense treaty" From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: 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
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