'Mutual' definitions:

Definition of 'mutual'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn: common, mutual]
adjective
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, mutual] [ant: nonreciprocal]

Definition of 'Mutual'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Conspiracy and mutual promise. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster]
  • Happy in our mutual help, And mutual love. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • A certain shyness on such subjects, which was mutual between the sisters. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A vast accession of misery and woe from the mutual weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Mutual, as Johnson will tell us, means something reciprocal, a giving and taking. How could people have mutual ancestors? --P. Harrison. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Reciprocal; interchanged; common. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'mutual'

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Mutual, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Mutual, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000) :
132
Housing Units (2000) :
51
Land area (2000) :
0.136140 sq. miles (0.352600 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.136140 sq. miles (0.352600 sq. km)
FIPS code :
53480
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
40.079243 N, 83.638167 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Mutual, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Mutual, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
76
Housing Units (2000) :
38
Land area (2000) :
0.262126 sq. miles (0.678902 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.262126 sq. miles (0.678902 sq. km)
FIPS code :
50150
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
36.229816 N, 99.167704 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
73853
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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