mutualadjective
uk/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/us/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/C1 (of two or more people or groups) feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for each other:
Theirs was a partnership based on mutual respect, trust and understanding.
Both countries are acting to their mutual advantage.
The agreement was terminated by mutual consent.
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- The two groups have existed in a state of mutual distrust for centuries.
- The peace talks broke down and ended in bitter mutual recriminations.
- She disliked Paul, and the feeling was mutual.
- They seem to live in mutual harmony.
- We have a mutual dislike of dogs.
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Reciprocating
- another
- each other
- give and take
- it takes two to tango idiom
- mutualism
- mutually
- one another 2
- one good turn deserves another idiom
- reciprocal
- reciprocate
- reciprocity
- requite
- return
- scratch
- turn
- two
- two-way
- unrequited
- you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours idiom
mutualnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/us/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/also mutual companya financial organization that is owned by its members, rather than by shareholders
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Banks
- bank
- banking
- building society
- central bank
- clearing house
- credit
- credit union
- e-bank
- exchange rate
- financial services
- foreign exchange
- gnome
- merchant bank
- negotiable
- pay
- personal identification number
- rate of exchange
- statement
- the IMF
- thrift
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