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   Mu·tu·al

   /ˈmyo͞oCH(əw)əl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a feeling or action) experienced or done by each of two or more parties toward 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 were mutual beneficiaries of the settlement"
   • 2. held in common by two or more parties: "we were introduced by a mutual friend"
   • ▪ denoting an insurance company or other corporate organization owned by its members and dividing some or all of its profits between them: "the world's oldest mutual insurance company"

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

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • M

     3

   • U

     1

   • T

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   • U

     1

   • A

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   • L

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