quid
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8.6
- noun
- /kwɪd/
- UK
:
libra
- I want 5,000 quid.
- a few quid
- a couple of quid
- ten quid
You can't find anything for quid or three or five.
- You can't find anything for quid or three or five.
- And where will that few quid go on my hunt for Paul?
- I'm going to spray probably about four quids worth then.
- Yeah, I'll put it for a quid.
- So they go to Tasda, they get cheapest pizza for the quid.
- I'm now cleaning cars and cleaning windows to make a few quid, so I've got brought down a few pigs.
- Could I get the scent elsewhere like a lavender shower gel for two quids?
- How many people that you thought you could trust and rely on fed the press stories for a few quid?
- And he'd done a lot of, well, not amateurs unlicensed fights and, you know, made a few quid for me.
- I said you can always get things, you know, but I'm not going to do wreck my daughter's life and her life for a couple of quid.
- And it was mad really, and had a few quid, earned a few quid but not a fortune, but enough to cushion me, you know.
- So I tried to do anything that wasn't criminal and I felt like me using my, my charm, my weight to get a couple of quid off someone.
- They wanted a few quid and some of the boys said right, we'll pay you to go do this, cunt.
- We went on, we went and put it on a couple of Romanians, not Romanians, Bulgarians and Russians for three and a half million quid.
Examples
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- You owe me 50 quid and I want it back.
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That's gonna cost me a few quid.
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Would a quid cover the rent?
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A job well done, son; we made a few quid out of that one.
Fiction book (1998) -
I'll give you 50 quid, as it's Christmas.
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All this should fetch 10 or 15 quid in a London shop.
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- A hundred and seventy thousand quid?
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That'll be 137 quid, please.
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That's 70 quid.
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Will you lend me a quid until payday?
Synonyms
220
1.0
The money used in the United Kingdom and some other countries
68
4.2
Money used in Britain, especially the pound
4
1.2
Money used in the United Kingdom worth 100 pence
2
3.4
The main money unit used in the United Kingdom equal to 100 pence
A unit of money used in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland equal to 100 pence
Idioms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quid for one pound is British slang and its exact origin is unclear. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the Latin word quid and the phrase quid pro quo ('something for something'), which brings to mind money changing hands, so a quid is a unit of money you exchange.