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   mutual

   /ˈmjuːtʃʊəl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a feeling or action) experienced or done by each of two or more parties towards the other or others: "a partnership based on mutual respect and understanding"
   • ▪ (of two or more people) having the same specified relationship to each other: "they cooperated as potentially mutual beneficiaries of the settlement"
   • 2. held in common by two or more parties: "we were introduced by a mutual friend"
   • ▪ denoting a building society or insurance company owned by its members and dividing some or all of its profits between them: "Scottish Amicable may switch from mutual to plc status"

   noun

   • 1. a mutual building society or insurance company: "life insurance firms are mutuals, owned by their policyholders"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Old French mutuel, from Latin mutuus ‘mutual, borrowed’; related to mutare ‘to change’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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     3

   • U

     1

   • T

     1

   • U

     1

   • A

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   • L

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