rapport

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  1. noun Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.

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  • It often requires months or years to establish a rapport--but yours is a dreaming species, I suppose. —  Asimov'sSF,August2006
  • He felt as though a rapport was developing with the interviewer, which was all the more reason to bring up the issue of salary. —  Midwest.biz
  • Actually the two men appear to have developed an excellent working arrangement and a certain amount of personal rapport, according to the travelling press. —  Crikey » Canberra Calling
  • A huge part of selling is building rapport, and a mentor of mine used to counsel us that we should learn as much as possible about our clients. —  CE Pro Recently Filed
  • With both of them sharing good rapport, Vijayakanth opted her to play female lead in his other film ' —  xml's Blinklist.com
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  1. French, from Old French, from raporter, to bring back : re-, re- + aporter, to bring (from Latin apportāre : ad-, ad- + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from French rapporter, relate, refer: see report, v.
  2. French rapport, Old French report, account, also resemblance, correspondence, accord, agreement, = Portuguese raporte = Italian rapporto, report, relation: see report, n.
 

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