MUTUUM

Etymology

Noun

mutuum (plural mutuums or mutua)

(Roman law, civil law) A loan of a fungible thing to be restored by a similar thing of the same kind, quantity, and quality.

A contract in which movables are loaned in this way.

Synonyms

• loan for consumption

Antonyms

• commodatum, loan for use

Source: Wiktionary



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HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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