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In exchange, as a means of reciprocating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- offer something in return
- receive something in return
- help in return
- She offered to help me, and I gave her some advice in return.
- He expects nothing in return for his kindness.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
(often followed by `for') in exchange or in reciprocation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- gave up our seats on the plane and in return received several hundred dollars and seats on the next plane out
- we get many benefits in return for our taxes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reciprocally
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
əvəzinə
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Azerbaijani:
əvəzində
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Azerbaijani:
müqabilində
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Bulgarian:
в замяна
(v zamjana)
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Catalan:
en recompensa
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Esperanto:
reciproke
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Finnish:
vastineeksi
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Finnish:
vastaan
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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French:
en contrepartie
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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French:
en échange
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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German:
im Gegenzug
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Hungarian:
viszonzásul
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Hungarian:
viszonzásképp
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Hungarian:
viszonzásként
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Hungarian:
cserébe
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Indonesian:
sebagai imbalan (nya)
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Persian:
در ازا
(dar ezâ)
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Persian:
در عوض
(dar avaz)
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Polish:
w zamian
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Portuguese:
em troca disso
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Russian:
взаме́н
(vzamén)
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Russian:
за э́то
(za éto)
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Serbo-Croatian:
заузврат
(zauzvrat)
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Spanish:
a cambio
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Swedish:
i gengäld
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Turkish:
karşılığında
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Ukrainian:
замість
(zamistʹ)
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
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Ukrainian:
натомість
(natomistʹ)
— in exchange, as a means of reciprocating
