For Reciprocity we have terms and definitions in 11 topics. The topics are Advocacy, Anthromorphemics, Anthropology, Assets Based Community Developme, Customs, Divorce, Health Care, International Economics, Real Estate, Shipping and Sociology.

Reciprocity (Advocacy)

An exchange/interchange where each party to exchange benefits.

Reciprocity (Anthromorphemics)

A mode of exchange in which transactions take place between individuals who are symmetrically placed, i.e. they are exchanging as equals, neither being in a dominant position.

Reciprocity (Anthropology)

A mode of exchange in which transactions take place between individuals who are symmetrically placed, i.e. they are exchanging as equals, neither being in a dominant position.

Reciprocity (Assets Based Community Developme)

Means there is an exchange/interchange where each party to exchange benefits.

Reciprocity (Customs)

The practice by which governments extend similar concessions to each other, as when one government lowers its tariffs or other barriers impeding its imports in exchange for equivalent concessions from a trading partner on barriers affecting its exports (a "balance of concessions"). Reciprocity has traditionally been a principal objective of negotiators in GATT "Rounds." Reciprocity is also defined as "mutuality of benefits," "quid pro quo" and "equivalence of advantages." GATT Part IV (especially GATT Article XXXVI) and the "Enabling Clause"of the Tokyo Round "Framework Agreement" exempt developing countries from the rigorous application of reciprocity in their negotiations with developed countries.
See also: Competitive, Concession, Efficiency, Enabling Clause, Framework Agreement, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Most-Favored-Nation Treatment, Negotiations, Principal Supplier, Round,

Reciprocity (Divorce)

The process of cooperation between states and countries to establish and enforce child support orders. Laws and court orders of each jurisdiction are recognized and enforced.

Reciprocity (Health Care)

The right of an enrollee in a health plan who is temporarily away from home to receive necessary medical care under the arrangements of a health plan in the area in which the enrollee receives medical care.

Reciprocity (International Economics)

A principle that underlies GATT negotiations, that countries exchange comparable concessions.

Reciprocity (Real Estate)

A mutual exchange of privileges by states, allowing attorneys, real estate brokers, and others to practice in one state while being licensed in another. Quickly being fazed our in real estate due to the liability issues caused by laws that vary from state to state.

Reciprocity (Shipping)

The reduction of a country's import duties or other trade restraints in return for comparable trade concessions from another country. Reciprocity includes the lowering of customs duties on imports in return for tariff concessions from other countries; the negotiated reduction of a country's import duties or other trade restraints in return for similar concessions from another country. Reciprocity is a traditional principle of GATT trade negotiations that implies an approximate equality of concessions accorded and benefits received among or between participants in a negotiation. In practice this principle applies only in negotiations between developed countries. Because of the frequently wide disparity in their economic capacities and potential, the relationship between developed and developing countries is generally not one of equivalence. The concept of "relative reciprocity" has emerged to characterize the practice by developed countries to seek less than full reciprocity from developing countries in trade negotiations.

Reciprocity (Sociology)

A system of the exchange of goods based on social ties.

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