Monday, February 15, 2016

reciprocate

reciprocate    [ri-SIP-ruh-keyt] 

verb. act, feel, or give in return 

"In Japan, it’s women who do the gift giving on Valentine’s Day. Men reciprocate a month later (March 14) on White Day, when they may return the show of affection."

"World powers said they were ready to reciprocate, if Iran gave significant assurances."

"A pair of pandas arrived in the U.S. as a gift from China in April 1972. Nixon reciprocated the gift by sending two musk oxen to China."

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