Mutual

mū′tū-al, adj. interchanged: in return: given and received, equally affecting two or more: common, conjoint, shared alike, as in 'mutual friend.'— ns. Mū′tualism , Mutual′ity .— adv. Mū′tually .— Mutual accounts , accounts in which each of two have charges against the other; Mutual insurance , a reciprocal contract among several persons to indemnify each other against certain designated lo es, the system of a company in which policy-holders receive a certain share of the profits, .; Mutual wall , a wall equally belonging to each of two houses. [Fr. mutuel —L. mutuus — mutāre , to change.]