countergift

noun

Etymology

From counter- + gift.

  1. inherited from *giftiz — “gift
  2. derived from gipt — “gift, present, wedding
  3. inherited from ġift
  4. inherited from gift
  5. prefixed as countergift — “counter + gift

Definitions

  1. A gift given in response to a gift received.

    • Whether the advice contained in this Envoy was or was not followed, is of no importance; but it certainly was the occasion of a counter-gift of a memorandum-book, possibly too fine a one for use […]
    • And each gift in this enormous complex trails its own wake of counter-gifts and obligations to be fulfilled at a future date.
    • At micro-levels the measuring of equivalence for matching gift and counter-gift may be free, but for important transactions the community eventually comes to help its members by imposing agreed techniques for calculating requital.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA