quid
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9.4
- noun
- /kwɪd/
- Archaic
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contraprestación
- No strong evidence exists of a quid pro quo exchange.
- quid pro quo
- quid pro quo exchange
That's a clear case of quid pro Ho ho ho.
- That's a clear case of quid pro Ho ho ho.
- You have a lot of corporate criminals that are giving Trump money, full blown quid, pro quos to get pardons.
- Perhaps we could discuss a little quid pro quo before I do.
- There must be a bargain, a quid pro quo.
- I mean, in these negotiations, the quid pro quo is sanctions relief for nuclear constraints.
- And the quid pro quo for that was that they would be able to join NATO, which many of them did the following year.
- I've never seen a quid quite so quote.
- He's going to be sleepy, creepy quid pro Joe Biden.
- If you remember at the beginning, it was quid pro quo.
- He's just stumbling around quid pro quo and metal beams falling all around them.
- And then it's going to be quid pro quo city.
- There was no quid pro quo at all.
- And it was like a, it was like a handshake quid pro quo, right?
- So when this first came out, when that video was first released and people were talking about the quid pro quo, I was kind of skeptical.
Examples
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If you remember at the beginning, it was quid pro quo.
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There must be a bargain, a quid pro quo.
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The President may not, under numerous laws, enter into this kind of quid-pro-quo relationship.
Blog text (15) -
Perhaps we could discuss a little quid pro quo before I do.
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Well, perhaps we could come to some kind of quid pro quo arrangement.
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In their view, corruption extended beyond the classic quid pro quo exchange.
Academic text (2016) -
"What... what would they offer?" "Quid pro quo," Allen said.
Fiction book (1993) -
Such guarantees provided a quid pro quo for domestic stability.
Academic text (2015) -
If you have people making contributions, they can get a quid pro quo and that's not cool.
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In business negotiations, it's important to establish a quid that benefits both parties.
Synonyms
729
1.0
Money paid for a service or right
117
8.0
A swap of favors where each side gives something to get something
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Etymology
Quid in the sense of something given in return comes from the Latin phrase quid pro quo ('something for something'). That phrase shows the meaning clearly: a quid is what you give or get when you make an exchange.