互ご酬しゅう

noun

reciprocity

Academic term used in anthropology, sociology, and economics to describe mutual exchange of goods, services, or favors, often with social obligations. Compare 互酬性 (ごしゅうせい), which is more common for the abstract concept.

See also: 互酬性

• 互ご酬しゅうの原げん理りは、贈ぞう与よと返へん礼れいの循じゅん環かんを説せつ明めいする。

  The principle of reciprocity explains the cycle of gift-giving and return.

• この社しゃ会かいでは互ご酬しゅうが経けい済ざいの基き盤ばんとなっている。

  In this society, reciprocity forms the foundation of the economy.