W.O.W. Reciprocity

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RR167 Word of the Week: Reciprocity This word is a good one to remember if you would like to have a beneficial relationship. It applies to business relationships and personal ones...even when there are amorous. Definitions: Cambridge: a situation in which two groups agree to help each other by behaving in the same way or by giving each other similar advantages Reciprocal: operating for both, esp. equally or to a similar degree: Oxford English: The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, especially privileges granted by one country or organization to another. Reciprocal: Given, felt, or done in return. Etymology: 1766, from French réciprocité (18c.), from reciproque, from Latin reciprocus, past participle of reciprocare (see reciprocal). "moving backward and forward, alternating; mutually exchanged or exchangeable; having an interchangeable character or relation, mutually equivalent and correspondent," 1560s, with -al (1) + stem of Latin reciprocus "returning the same way, alternating," from pre-Latin *reco-proco-, from *recus (from re- "back;" see re-, + -cus, adjective formation) + *procus (from pro- "forward," see pro-, + -cus). Related: Reciprocally. The noun meaning "that which is reciprocal" (to another) is from 1560s. Synonyms: exchange Like, share, comment, subscribe: Home on the web https://riedrants.com/ @RiedRants on Instagram and Twitter Donate at https://www.patreon.com/RiedRants Comment at https://www.facebook.com/RiedRants/ Download at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/riedrants/id1234080385?mt=2 Or https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ried-rants?refid=stpr Or even https://soundcloud.com/riedrants https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz07tkeud_bSx-1dWQC7Urw?view Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Research and Links https://www.google.com/amp/s/dictionary.cambridge.org/us/amp/english/reciprocity https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/reciprocity https://www.etymonline.com/word/reciprocity https://www.etymonline.com/word/reciprocal?ref=etymonline_crossreference