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mu·tu·al M0503200 (myo͞o′cho͞o-əl)adj.1. a. Directed and received by each toward the other; reciprocal: mutual respect.b. Having the same relationship to each other: "They were cognitive companions, mutual brain-pickers" (Cynthia Ozick).c. Possessed in common: mutual interests.2. Of, relating to, or in the form of mutual insurance.n. A mutual fund.
[French mutuel, from Old French, from Latin mūtuus, borrowed; see mei- in Indo-European roots.]
mu′tu·al′i·ty (-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.mu′tu·al·ly adv.mutual (ˈmjuːtʃʊəl) adj1. experienced or expressed by each of two or more people or groups about the other; reciprocal: mutual distrust. 2. common to or shared by both or all of two or more parties: a mutual friend; mutual interests. 3. (Insurance) denoting an insurance company, etc, in which the policyholders share the profits and expenses and there are no shareholders[C15: from Old French mutuel, from Latin mūtuus reciprocal (originally: borrowed); related to mūtāre to change] mutuality, ˈmutualness n ˈmutually advUsage: The use of mutual to mean common to or shared by two or more parties was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable. Tautologous use of mutual should be avoided: cooperation (not mutual cooperation) between the two countriesmu•tu•al (ˈmyu tʃu əl)
adj. 1. possessed, experienced, performed, etc., by each of two or more with respect to the other; reciprocal: mutual respect. 2. having the same relation each toward the other: mutual enemies. 3. held in common; shared: mutual interests. 4. pertaining to a form of corporate organization without stockholders, in which members proportionately share profits and losses, expenses, etc. [1470–80; < Middle French mutuel < Latin mūtu(us) mutual, reciprocal (mūt(āre) to change (see mutate) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix) + Middle French -el (< Latin -ālis) -al1] mu`tu•al′i•ty (-ˈæl ɪ ti) n. mu′tu•al•ly, adv. usage: The earliest (15th century) meaning of mutual is “reciprocal”:Teachers and students sometimes suffer from mutual misunderstanding.By the 16th century mutual had developed the additional sense “held in common, shared”:Their mutual objective is peace.This use is occasionally criticized, on the grounds that the later sense development was somehow wrong. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | mutual - common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"commonshared - have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately" | | 2. | mutual - 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"reciprocal |
mutualadjective shared, common, joint, interactive, returned, communal, reciprocal, interchangeable, reciprocated, correlative, requited The East and West can work together for mutual benefit.mutualadjective1. Having the same relationship each to the other:reciprocal, reciprocative.2. Belonging to, shared by, or applicable to all alike:common, communal, conjoint, general, joint, public.Translationsmutual (ˈmjuːtʃuəl) adjective1. given etc by each of two or more to the other(s). mutual help; Their dislike was mutual. 相互的 相互的2. common to, or shared by, two or more. a mutual friend. 共有的 共有的ˈmutually adverb 相互地，共有地 相互地mutual
mutual admiration societyA disparaging term for two (or more) people who engage in lavish mutual praise and admiration. I can't stand working with Tony and Linda. They praise each other from the moment they walk through the door—it's like they've formed a mutual admiration society!See also: mutual, societymutual admiration societyA relationship in which two people have strong feelings of esteem for each other and often exchange lavish compliments. The term may signify either genuine or pretended admiration, as in Each of them praised the other's book-it was a real mutual admiration society. The expression was invented by Henry David Thoreau in his journal (1851) and repeated by Oliver Wendell Holmes and others. See also: mutual, societymutual admiration societyA shared feeling of esteem, real or pretended, between two individuals for each other. This reciprocal relationship was first so called by Thoreau in 1851 and picked up by Oliver Wendell Holmes in The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). Today we often use the term sarcastically for individuals who publicly pay lavish compliments to each other but may have little respect for each other in private, or who admire each other but are not highly regarded by others.See also: mutual, societythe feeling is mutualYou and I feel the same way. Strictly speaking, mutual means “reciprocal.” When Jack says, “I can’t stand your affected accent,” and Jill replies, “The feeling is mutual,” Jill is saying that she feels the same way about Jack’s accent. Nevertheless, in the course of the twentieth century, when this expression became a cliché, it was—and still is—often misused, in that it is used to describe a common or shared feeling about something or someone else. For example, when Jill says, “I think the president is marvelous” and Jack says, “The feeling is mutual,” he really means he thinks the same as she, but no reciprocity is involved. (This misuse has an honorable ancestry; Dickens made the same mistake in the title of his novel Our Mutual Friend.) See also mutual admiration society.See also: feeling, mutualmutual admiration societyTwo or more people who lavishly praise the other person's or people's personalities and accomplishments, often far beyond what is deserved. The phrase, which is said to have originated with Henry David Thoreau in 1851, may have been used earlier. Its use as the title of a song from the 1956 musical comedy Happy Hunting that was successfully recorded by a number of singers boosted the phrase's popularity.See also: mutual, societyMutual
Related to Mutual: mutual transfer, Mutual fundsmutualadj., adv. referring to anything in which both parties have reciprocal rights, understanding, or agreement. MUTUAL. Reciprocal.
2. In contracts there must always be a consideration in order to make them valid. This is sometimes mutual, as when one man promises to pay a sum of money to another in consideration that he shall deliver him a horse, and the latter promises to deliver him the horse in consideration of being paid the price agreed upon. When a man and a woman promise to marry each other, the promise is mutual. It is one of the qualities of an award, that it be mutual; but this doctrine is not as strict now as formerly. 3 Rand. 94; see 3 Caines 254; 4 Day, 422; 1 Dall. 364, 365; 6 Greenl. 247; 8 Greenl. 315; 6 Pick. 148.
3. To entitle a contracting party to a specific performance of an agreement, it must be mutual, for otherwise it will not be compelled. 1 Sch. & Lef. 18; Bunb. 111; Newl. Contr. 152. See Rose. Civ. Ev. 261.
4. A distinction has been made between mutual debts and mutual credits. The former term is more limited in its signification than the latter. In bankrupt cases where a person was indebted to the bankrupt in a sum payable at a future day, and the bankrupt owed him a smaller sum which was then due; this, though in strictness, not a mutual debt, was holden to be a mutual credit. 1 Atk. 228, 230; 7 T. R. 378; Burge on Sur. 455, 457. Mutual
Mutual1. See: Mutual fund.
2. See: Mutual assent.
3. See: Mutual insurance.
4. See: Mutuality of obligation.AcronymsSeeMUTmutual
Related to mutual: mutual transfer, Mutual fundsSynonyms for mutualadj sharedSynonyms- shared
- common
- joint
- interactive
- returned
- communal
- reciprocal
- interchangeable
- reciprocated
- correlative
- requited
Synonyms for mutualadj having the same relationship each to the otherSynonymsadj belonging to, shared by, or applicable to all alikeSynonyms- common
- communal
- conjoint
- general
- joint
- public
Synonyms for mutualadj common to or shared by two or more partiesSynonymsRelated Wordsadj concerning each of two or more persons or thingsSynonyms |