equal exchange
Example Sentences
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My sister tells me that she’s taking on huge responsibilities by “caring” for our parents, but other than taking them to a few appointments I’m not sure I’m seeing an equal exchange in this arrangement.
From Slate • Nov. 2, 2021
Her Syllabus course paired up graduate students and preschoolers as co-researchers, stressing that it should be an equal exchange.
From The Guardian • May 14, 2015
Love must be either an equal exchange between equals or else a complete giving by one person, so let my giving be complete.”
From The Heart's Country by Vorse, Mary Heaton
In this way the number of British seamen was too small for a regular and equal exchange.
From American Prisoners of the Revolution by Dandridge, Danske
If, in our loneliness, we found another intelligence, wouldn't we want an equal exchange instead of abasement?
From Eight Keys to Eden by Clifton, Mark