re-, red-

Given or done or owed to each other.

1. A reciprocal condition or relationship; a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.
2. A mutual or cooperative interchange of favors or privileges; especially, the exchange of rights or privileges of trade between nations.
3. A reciprocal arrangement in personal licensure whereby one jurisdiction accepts another jurisdiction's prior issuance of a license to practice medicine, and the individual is not required to demonstrate again through examination or otherwise that he, or she, meets minimum levels of competence required for a license.
4. An arrangement between governments whereby their nationals are entitled to certain stated medical care or other benefits on a reciprocal basis.
5. In anthropology, a system in which the exchange of goods is conducted within the groups of a society or community according to a prescribed ritual.

Reciprocity in the news: "Talking tough on trade, Paris seeks 'reciprocity' "

The French agriculture minister Thursday (May 31, 2007) warned that France could use its veto powers to block a global trade deal that did not protect European agricultural interests.

The French minister, Christine Lagarde, said, "The need for reciprocity is imperative. We will not see a breakthrough in global trade talks until we see exact figures from the United States that show reciprocity and balance."

1. The public reading aloud of something, or reciting of something, from memory; especially, poetry.
2. Material read aloud or recited from memory in public; especially, poetry.
3. The act of listing or reporting something.
4. The oral response by a student to questions about previously taught material.

1. To read something aloud or to repeat something rehearsed or memorized, either for an audience or in a class at school.
2. To give a detailed account of an occurrence or an event.

1. The act of recalling, or state of being recalled, to a proper conduct.
2. The reclamation of land.
3. To bring (waste land, or land formerly covered by water) under, or into a fit state for, cultivation.
4. To recover (rubber) for reuse by freeing it from impurities and rendering it plastic again; more widely, to make (re)usable (what has been used or rendered unusable).

1. The act of identifying someone or something on the basis of a past sighting or experience, the ability to do this, or the fact of being identified through having been seen or experienced before.
2. Appreciation of the value of an achievement: "His pioneering work never got the recognition it deserved."
3. Acknowledgment of the existence or validity of something: "They'll need recognition from the committee in order to proceed with the party."
4. Permission given by someone chairing a meeting to another person who has asked to speak.
5. The formal acceptance by one country of the independent and legal status of another country.
6. Something given or awarded as a token of acknowledgment or gratitude.
7. The sensing and conversion of data into a machine-readable form by a computer.
8. In biology, the ability of molecules with complementary shapes to attach to one another.

1. To present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; to commend; to mention favorably; such as, to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
2. To represent or urge as advisable or expedient: "She felt the need to recommend caution."
3. To advise, as an alternative; to suggest (a choice, course of action, etc.) as appropriate, beneficial, or the like: "He recommended the blue-plate special." "The doctor recommended special exercises for her."
4. To make desirable or attractive: "It was a plan that had very little to recommend it."

From Latin commendare, "to entrust to, to praise", from re- + mandare "to commit to one's charge".