mutual
IPA: mjˈutʃuʌɫ
noun
- A mutual fund.
- (business, finance, insurance) A mutual organization.
- (Internet) Either of a pair of people who follow each other's social media accounts.
adjective
- Having the same relationship, each to each other.
- Collective, done or held in common.
- Reciprocal.
- Possessed in common.
- (Relating to a company, insurance or financial institution) Owned by the members.
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Examples of "mutual" in Sentences
- It was a mutual misanthropic rage.
- The acrimony was apparently mutual.
- The break up was mutual and amicable.
- Neither is mutually exclusive of the other.
- The mutualism section partly clarifies this.
- None of the definitions are mutually exclusive.
- The choosing of the name was a mutual decision.
- Mutualism is clearly on the individualist branch.
- That mutuality establishes a permission to communicate.
- The difficulty is that the definitions are not mutually exclusive.
- I brought the old lady and Kitty to town with me, on what I call the mutual sight-seeing principle.
- Ms. IRMA THOMAS (Singer): We've been what you call mutual admirers of each other's talent for a long time.
- We were contacted by another county for what we call mutual aid, which means they needed a little bit of assistance.
- Transatlantic and Allied World called off their deal in mid-September, without specifying a reason for what they described as a mutual decision.
- Memphis announced Monday that the team has ended its one-year contract with the 10-time All-Star and former league MVP in what it called a mutual agreement.
- In this sense, this is what I call mutual concessions, if we could change the terms, that is, and make an honorable agreement in which both parties assume similar commitments.
- The Memphis Grizzlies announced Monday in a statement that the team has ended its one-year contract with the 10-time All-Star and former league MVP in what it called a mutual agreement.
- Following this afternoon's practice at Winter Park, Vikings coach Leslie Frazier spoke to reporters about McNabb's departure, which he called a mutual decision that was best for both parties.
- He and team officials later reached what they called a mutual decision that he be waived and days later, the New York Knicks, a reported suitor, said he did not fit into their rebuilding plans.
- And one of the things we've got to do is to understand that we've got to strengthen security in small-town America, as well, by helping smaller communities and smaller counties develop what we call mutual aid agreements.
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