reciprocalhelp
nounUK /rɪˈsɪprəkəl hɛlp/
US /rɪˈsɪprəkəl hɛlp/
When you help someone and they help you back.
The two neighbors shared reciprocalhelp, shoveling each other's driveways after every snowstorm.
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2. A system where two people or groups assist each other equally over time.
Their business arrangement was built on reciprocalhelp, with each firm referring clients to the other.
3. The act of returning a kind deed with a kind deed.
She offered him reciprocalhelp by tutoring his son after he fixed her car.
4. Assistance given with the expectation that it will be returned.
In the village, reciprocalhelp during harvest season kept every family fed.