balanced reciprocity

is an exchange in which the debt is quickly discharged.

exchanges in which the debt is quickly discharged, and in which the norm is near equivalence of value of the objects given. It does not create much of a relationship, since whatever debt might have been incurred is immediately cancelled out. In the terminology of Sahlins (1972: 195), it is less personal and more economic' (Dangerous Gifts: Gender and Exchange in Ancient Greece By Deborah Lyons)

is concerned with the understanding that things will balance eventually.

balanced reciprocity, n.Definitions

balanced reciprocity