Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 86
Mustac (n.) A small tufted monkey.
Mustaches (n. pl. ) of Mustache.
Mustache (n.) That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth.
Mustache (n.) A West African monkey (Cercopithecus cephus). It has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the nose.
Mustache (n.) Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the head, beneath the eye of a bird.
Mustachios (n. pl. ) of Mustacho.
Mustacho (n.) A mustache.
Mustachoed (a.) Having mustachios.
Mustaiba (n.) A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like.
Mustang (n.) The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained.
Mustard (n.) (Bot.) 芥末；芥子 [U]； 芥菜 [U] [C] The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard ({Brassica alba), black mustard ({Brassica Nigra}), wild+mustard+or+wild mustard or charlock ({Brassica Sinapistrum).
Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ({Lepidium ruderale); hedge mustard ({Sisymbrium officinale}); Mithridate mustard ({Thlaspi arvense); tower mustard ({Arabis perfoliata); treacle mustard ({Erysimum cheiranthoides).
Mustard (n.) A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic.
Mustard (n.) Any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica.
Mustard (n.) Pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds [syn: mustard, table mustard].
Mustard (n.) Leaves eaten as cooked greens [syn: mustard, mustard greens, leaf mustard, Indian mustard].
Mustard, () A plant of the genus sinapis, a pod-bearing, shrub-like plant, growing wild, and also cultivated in gardens. The little round seeds were an emblem of any small insignificant object. It is not mentioned in the Old Testament; and in each of the three instances of its occurrence in the New Testament (Matt. 13:31, 32; Mark 4:31, 32; Luke 13:18, 19) it is spoken of only with reference to the smallness of its seed. The common mustard of Palestine is the Sinapis nigra. This garden herb sometimes grows to a considerable height, so as to be spoken of as "a tree" as compared with garden herbs.
Mustee (n.) See Mestee.
Musteline (a.) Like or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.
Muster (n.) Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.]
Muster (n.) A show; a display. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman.
Muster (n.) [C] 集合；檢閱；點名；集合人員，人員總數 An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.
The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty. -- Hawthorne.
See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. -- Milton.
Muster (n.) The sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.
And the muster was thirty thousands of men. -- Wyclif.
Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and proclaim them to amount of thousands. -- Hooker.
Muster (n.) Any assemblage or display; a gathering.
Of the temporal grandees of the realm, mentof their wives and daughters, the muster was great and splendid. -- Macaulay.
Muster book, A book in which military forces are registered.
Muster file, A muster roll.
Muster master (Mil.), One who takes an account of troops, and of their equipment; a mustering officer; an inspector. [Eng.]
Muster roll (Mil.), A list or register of all the men in a company, troop, or regiment, present or accounted for on the day of muster.
To pass muster, To pass through a muster or inspection without censure.
Such excuses will not pass muster with God. -- South.
Muster (v. i.) 集合；聚集 To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, his supporters mustered in force. "The mustering squadron." -- Byron.
Mustered (imp. & p. p.) of Muster.
Mustering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muster.
Muster (v. t.) 召集（士兵等）；使集合；對……進行點名；鼓起（勇氣等）；使振作 [（+up）] To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like. -- Spenser.
Muster (v. t.) Hence: To summon together; to enroll in service; to get together. "Mustering all its force." -- Cowper.
All the gay feathers he could muster. -- L'Estrange.
To muster troops into service (Mil.), to inspect and enter troops on the muster roll of the army.
To muster troops out of service (Mil.), To register them for final payment and discharge.
To muster up, To gather up; to succeed in obtaining; to obtain with some effort or difficulty.
One of those who can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits. -- Hazlitt.
Muster (n.) A gathering of military personnel for duty; "he was thrown in the brig for missing muster"
Muster (n.) Compulsory military service [syn: conscription, muster, draft, selective service].
Muster (v.) Gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up].
Muster (v.) Call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.
Mustily (a.) In a musty state.
Mustiness (n.) The quality or state of being musty.
Mustiness (n.) The quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy [syn: mustiness, must, moldiness].
Musty (n.) Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books.
Musty (n.) Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
The proverb is somewhat musty. -- Shak.
Musty (n.) Dull; heavy; spiritless. "That he may not grow musty and unfit for conversation." -- Addison.
Musty (a.) Covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor" [syn: moldy, mouldy, musty]
Musty (a.) Stale and unclean smelling [syn: fusty, musty, frowsty].
Mutability (n.) 易變性；性情不定 The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation.
Plato confessed that the heavens and the frame of the world are corporeal, and therefore subject to mutability. -- Stillingfleet.
Mutability (n.) The quality of being capable of mutation [syn: mutability, mutableness] [ant: fixity, immutability, immutableness].
Mutable (a.) 易變的；反覆無常的 Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature.
Things of the most accidental and mutable nature. -- South.
Mutable (a.) Changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle. "Most mutable wishes." -- Byron.
Syn: Changeable; alterable; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; inconstant; variable; fickle.
Mutable (a.) Capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature; "a mutable substance"; "the mutable ways of fortune"; "mutable weather patterns"; "a mutable foreign policy" [syn: mutable, changeable] [ant: changeless, immutable].
Mutableness (n.) The quality of being mutable.
Mutableness (n.) The quality of being capable of mutation [syn: mutability, mutableness] [ant: fixity, immutability, immutableness].
Mutably (adv.) Changeably.
Mutacism (n.) See Mytacism.
Mutage (n.) [F.] A process for checking the fermentation of the must of grapes.
Mutanda (n. pl. ) of Mutandum.
Mutandum (n.) A thing which is to be changed; something which must be altered; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Mutate (v.) (v. i.) 變化；產生突變 (v. t.) 改變；使突變 Undergo mutation; "cells mutate".
Mutation (n.) 變化；浮沉盛衰；變質；元音變化；【生】變種，突變 Change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
The vicissitude or mutations in the superior globe are no fit matter for this present argument. -- Bacon.
Mutation (n.) (Biol.) Gradual definitely tending variation, such as may be observed in a group of organisms in the fossils of successive geological levels.
Mutation (n.) (Biol.) (a) As now employed (first by de Vries), a cellular process resulting in a sudden inheritable variation (the offspring differing from its parents in some well-marked character or characters) as distinguished from a gradual variation in which the new characters become fully developed only in the course of many generations. The occurrence of mutations, the selection of strains carrying mutations permitting enhanced survival under prevailing conditions, and the mechanism of hereditary of the characters so appearing, are well-established facts; whether and to what extent the mutation process has played the most important part in the evolution of the existing species and other groups of organisms is an unresolved question.
Mutation (n.) (Biol.) (b) The result of the above process; a suddenly produced variation.
Note: Mutations can occur by a change in the fundamental coding sequence of the hereditary material, which in most organisms is DNA, but in some viruses is RNA. It can also occur by rearrangement of an organism's chromosomes. Specific mutations due to a change in DNA sequence have been recognized as causing certain specific hereditary diseases. Certain processes which produce variation in the genotype of an organism, such as sexual mixing of chromosomes in offspring, or artificially induced recombination or introduction of novel genetic material into an organism, are not referred to as mutation.
Mutation (n.) (Biol.) A variant strain of an organism in which the hereditary variant property is caused by a mutation [3].
Mutation (n.) (Biology) An organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration [syn: mutant, mutation, variation, sport].
Mutation (n.) (Genetics) Any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism [syn: mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation].
Mutation (n.) A change or alteration in form or qualities.
Mutation (n.) French law. This term is synonymous with change, and is particularly applied to designate the change which takes place in the property of a thing in its transmission from one person to another; permutation therefore happens when, the owner of the thing sells, exchanges or gives it. It is nearly synonymous with transfer. (q.v.) Merl. Repert. h.t.
Mutch (n.) The close linen or muslin cap of an old woman. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Mutchkin (n.) A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint. [Scot.]
Mute (v. t.) To cast off; to molt.
Have I muted all my feathers? -- Beau. & Fl.
Mute (v. t. & i.) To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds. -- B. Jonson.
Mute (n.) The dung of birds. -- Hudibras.
Mute (a.) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
All the heavenly choir stood mute, And silence was in heaven. -- Milton.
Note: In law a prisoner is said to stand mute, when, upon being arranged, he makes no answer, or does not plead directly, or will not put himself on trial.
Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb. -- Dryden.
Mute (a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.
Mute (a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
Mute swan (Zool.), A European wild white swan ({Cygnus olor syn. Cygnus gibbus), which produces no loud notes, in distinction from the Trumpeter swan.
Syn: Silent; dumb; speechless.
Usage: Mute, Silent, Dumb. One is silent who does not speak; one is dumb who can not, for want of the proper organs; as, a dumb beast, etc.; and hence, figuratively, we speak of a person as struck dumb with astonishment, etc. One is mute who is held back from speaking by some special cause; as, he was mute through fear; mute astonishment, etc. Such is the case with most of those who never speak from childhood; they are not ordinarily dumb, but mute because they are deaf, and therefore never learn to talk; and hence their more appropriate name is deaf-mutes.
They spake not a word; But, like dumb statues, or breathing stones, Gazed each on other. -- Shak.
All sat mute, Pondering the danger with deep thoughts. -- Milton.
Mute (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause. Specifically:
Mute (n.) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.
Mute (n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
Mute (n.) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
Mute (n.) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.
Mute (n.) (Phon.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.
Mute (n.) (Mus.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
Mute (a.) Expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless" -- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame" -- Thomas Wolfe [syn: mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless].
Mute (a.) Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: dumb, mute, silent].
Mute (n.) A deaf person who is unable to speak [syn: mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person].
Mute (n.) A device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument.
Mute (v.) Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down].
MUTE, () persons. One who is dumb. Vide Deaf and Dumb.
MUTE, STANDING MUTE, () practice, crim. law. When a prisoner upon his arraignment totally refuses to answer, insists upon mere frivolous pretences, or refuses to put himself upon the country, after pleading not guilty, he is said to stand mute.
MUTE, STANDING MUTE, () In the case of the United States v. Hare, et al., Circuit Court, Maryland Dist. May sess. 1818, the prisoner standing mute was considered as if he had pleaded not guilty.
MUTE, STANDING MUTE, () The act of congress of March 3, 1825, 3 Story's L. U. S. 2002, has since provided as follows; Sec. 14, That if any person, upon his or her arraignment upon any indictment before any court of the United States for any offence, not capital, shall stand mute, or will not answer or plead to such indictment, the court shall, notwithstanding, proceed to the trial of the person, so standing mute, or refusing to answer or pleas, as if he or she had pleaded not guilty; and upon a verdict being returned by the jury, may proceed to render judgment accordingly. A similar provision is to be found in the laws of Pennsylvania.
MUTE, STANDING MUTE, () The barbarous punishment of peine forte et dure which till lately disgraced the criminal code of England, was never known in the United States. Vide Dumb; 15 Vin. Ab. 527.
MUTE, STANDING MUTE, () When a prisoner stands mute, the laws of England arrive at the forced conclusion that he is guilty, and punish him accordingly. 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 428.
MUTE, STANDING MUTE, () By the old French law, when a person accused was mute, or stood mute, it was the duty of the judge to appoint him a curator, whose duty it was to defend him, in the best manner he could; and for this purpose, he was allowed to communicate with him privately. Poth. Proced. Crim. s. 4, art. 2, Sec. 1.
Moot-hill (n.) (O. Eng. Law) A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called, in Scotland, mute-hill. -- J. R. Green.
Mute-hill (n.) See Moot-hill. [Scot.]
Mutely (adv.) Without uttering words or sounds; in a mute manner; silently.
Mutely (adv.) Without speaking; "he sat mutely next to her" [syn: mutely, wordlessly, silently, taciturnly].
Muteness (n.) The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.
Muteness (n.) The condition of being unable or unwilling to speak; "her muteness was a consequence of her deafness" [syn: mutism, muteness].
Muteness (n.) A refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising" [syn: muteness, silence].
Mutic (a.) Alt. of Muticous.
Muticous (a.) Without a point or pointed process; blunt.
Mutilate (a.) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.
Mutilate (a.) Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean.
Mutilate (n.) A cetacean, or a sirenian.
Mutilated (imp. & p. p.) of Mutilate.
Mutilating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mutilate.
Mutilate (v. t.) To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim; to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, etc.
Mutilate (v. t.) To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.
Mutilation (n.) The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.
Mutilator (n.) One who mutilates.
Multilingualism (n.) 多語制 Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. [1] More than half of all Europeans claim to speak at least one other language in addition to their mother tongue. [2] Multilingualism is becoming a social phenomenon governed by the needs of globalization and cultural openness. [3] Owing to the ease of access to information facilitated by the Internet, individuals' exposure to multiple languages is becoming increasingly frequent, thereby promoting a need to acquire additional languages. People who speak several languages are also called polyglots. [4]
Multilingual speakers have acquired and maintained at least one language during childhood, the so-called first language (L1). The first language (sometimes also referred to as the mother tongue) is acquired without formal education, by mechanisms heavily disputed. Children acquiring two languages in this way are called simultaneous bilinguals. Even in the case of simultaneous bilinguals, one language usually dominates the other. People who know more than one language have been reported to be more adept at language learning compared to monolinguals. [5] Additionally, bilinguals often have important economic advantages over monolingual individuals as bilingual people are able to carry out duties that monolinguals cannot, such as interacting with customers who only speak a minority language.
Multilingualism in computing can be considered part of a continuum between internationalization and localization. Due to the status of English in computing, software development nearly always uses it (but see also Non-English-based programming languages), so almost all commercial software is initially available in an English version, and multilingual versions, if any, may be produced as alternative options based on the English original.
Mutilous (a.) Mutilated; defective; imperfect.
Mutine (n.) A mutineer.
Mutine (v. i.) To mutiny.
Mutineer (n.) One guilty of mutiny.
Muting (n.) Dung of birds.
Mutinous (a.) Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate.
Mutinies (n. pl. ) of Mutiny.
Mutiny (n.) Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination.
Mutiny (n.) Violent commotion; tumult; strife.
Mutinied (imp. & p. p.) of Mutiny.
Mutinying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mutiny.
Mutiny (v. i.) To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority.
Mutiny (v. i.) To fall into strife; to quarrel.
Mutism (n.) The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech.
Muttered (imp. & p. p.) of Mutter.
Muttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mutter.
Mutter (v. i.) 低聲嘀咕，咕噥；抱怨 [（+at/ against）] To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl.
Wizards that peep, and that mutter. -- Is. viii. 19.
Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. -- Dryden.
Mutter (v. i.) To sound with a low, rumbling noise.
Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls. -- Pope.
Mutter (v. t.) 低聲含糊地說；抱怨地說 To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to mutter threats. -- Shak.
Mutter (n.) Repressed or obscure utterance.
Mutter (n.) 咕噥；抱怨 [S] A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech [syn: mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation].
Mutter (n.) A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering].
Mutter (v.) Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice [syn: mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate].
Mutter (v.) Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl].
Mutter (v. t.) To quietly enter a command not meant for the ears, eyes, or fingers of ordinary mortals. Often used in ?mutter an incantation?. See also wizard . N
Mutter, () To quietly enter a command not meant for the ears, eyes, or fingers of ordinary mortals. Often used in "mutter an incantation".
See also wizard. [{Jargon File] (1995-02-06)
Mutterer (n.) One who mutters.
Mutterer (n.) A person who speaks softly and indistinctly [syn: mutterer, mumbler, murmurer].
Mutteringly (adv.) With a low voice and indistinct articulation; in a muttering manner.
Mutton (n.) A sheep. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. -- Sir H. Sidney.
Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. -- Hallam.
Mutton (n.) 羊肉 [U] The flesh of a sheep.
The fat of roasted mutton or beef. -- Swift.
Mutton (n.) A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.]
Mutton bird (Zool.), The Australian short-tailed petrel ({Nectris brevicaudus).
Mutton chop, A rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off.
Mutton fish (Zool.), The American eelpout. See Eelpout.
Mutton fist, A big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] -- Dryden.
Mutton monger, A pimp. [Low & Obs.] -- Chapman.
To return to one's muttons. [A translation of a phrase from a farce by De Brueys, revenons [`a] nos moutons let us return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. [Humorous]
I willingly return to my muttons. -- H. R. Haweis.
Mutton (n.) Meat from a mature domestic sheep [syn: mouton, mutton].
Muttony (a.) Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton.
Mutual (a.) [Z] 相互的，彼此的；共有的，共同的 Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc.
Conspiracy and mutual promise. -- Sir T. More.
Happy in our mutual help, And mutual love. -- Milton.
A certain shyness on such subjects, which was mutual between the sisters. -- G. Eliot.
Mutual (a.) Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort. -- Burke.
A vast accession of misery and woe from the mutual weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. -- Bentley.
Note: This use of mutual as synonymous with common is inconsistent with the idea of interchange, or reciprocal relation, which properly belongs to it; but the word has been so used by many writers of high authority. The present tendency is toward a careful discrimination.
Mutual, as Johnson will tell us, means something reciprocal, a giving and taking. How could people have mutual ancestors? -- P. Harrison.
{Mutual insurance}, Agreement among a number of persons to insure each other against loss, as by fire, death, or accident.
{Mutual insurance company}, One which does a business of insurance on the mutual principle, the policy holders sharing losses and profits pro rata.
Syn: Reciprocal; interchanged; common.
Mutual (a.) Common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn: {common}, {mutual}].
Mutual (a.) Concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other clubs" [syn: {reciprocal}, {mutual}] [ant: {nonreciprocal}].
Mutual (a.) (C1) (Of two or more people or groups) 相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的 Feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for each other.
// Theirs was a partnership based on mutual respect, trust and understanding.
// Both countries are acting to their mutual advantage.
// The agreement was terminated by mutual consent.
Mutual (n.) [ C ] (Also mutual company) 互惠機構（由成員而不是持股人擁有的金融機構） A financial organization that is owned by its members, rather than by shareholders.
Mutualism (n.) （倫理）互助論；【生】互利共生 The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare. -- F. Harrison. -- H. Spencer. -- Mallock.
Mutualism (n.) The relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other [syn: {symbiosis}, {mutualism}].
Mutualism (n.) [ U ] (Specialized) 互利共生 A relationship between two organisms in which they live together and benefit each other.
Mutuality (n.) 相互關係；共同性；親密 The quality of correlation; reciprocation; interchange; interaction; interdependence.
Mutuality (n.) (Law) Reciprocity of consideration. -- Wharton.
Mutuality (n.) A reciprocality of sentiments; "the mutuality of their affection was obvious" [syn: {mutuality}, {mutualness}].
Mutuality (n.) A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups) [syn: {mutuality}, {interdependence}, {interdependency}].
Mutuality (n.) [ U ] (Finance,) (Insurance) 相互關系，相關 A situation in which a financial organization is owned by its members rather than shareholders, allowing members to share any profits.
// With the insurer's traditional business in decline, it needs to find new ways for members to benefit from the company's mutuality.
// The building society confirmed that it was to reward members with a mutuality bonus of £1,000.