mutual

mu-tu-al · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Experienced or done by each of two or more parties toward the other or others.

  2. 2.

    Held in common by two or more parties.

  3. 3.

    (of an organization) Owned by its members and dividing profits among them.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    mutual fund — an investment fund that pools money from many investors
  • •
    mutual friend — a friend that two or more people have in common
  • •
    the feeling is mutual — I feel the same way

Related words

Antonyms: one-sided, unilateral
See also: common, reciprocal, shared
Synonyms: common, joint, reciprocal, shared

Etymology

From Latin mutuus ("reciprocal, done in exchange"), from mutare ("to change").