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101quid pro quo — noun /ˌkwɪd.pɹəʊˈkwəʊ,ˌkwɪd.pɹoʊˈkwoʊ/ a) Something understood as another ; an equivocation. We had no money so we had to live by quid pro quo. b) This for that; giving something to receive something else ; something equivalent ; something in… …
102quid divínum — (Expresión latina.) ► locución adverbial Según la inspiración del genio. * * * quid divínum. (Loc. lat.; literalmente, algo divino ). m. Inspiración propia del genio …
103quid pro quo — This Latin term meaning something for something in English means an equal exchange : Helping me weed the garden is a quid pro quo for my washing your car. Pronounce the phrase KWID pro KWOH, but use it sparingly because it has become a cliché …
104quid pro quo — (KWID proh KWOH) [Latin: something for something] Something given or taken in return for something else; a substitute. This is a high stakes quid pro quo that the environmentalists would have been seen as churlish to have refused. The… …
105quid pro quo — [ˌkwɪd prəʊ kwəʊ] noun (plural quid pro quos) a favour or advantage given in return for something. Origin L., something for something …
106quid pro quo — noun (C) something that you give or do in exchange for something else, especially when this arrangement is not official (+ for): The quid pro quo is that we pay them a very low rent …
107quid pro quo — Latin: something for something Something given as compensation for something received. Contracts require a quid pro quo; without a consideration they would become unilateral agreements …
108quid pro quo — noun the latest agreement between labor and management is a textbook example of quid pro quo Syn: exchange, trade, trade off, swap, switch, barter, substitute, reciprocation, return; amends, compensation, recompense, restitution, reparation …
109quid pro quo — [[t]ˈkwɪd proʊ ˈkwoʊ[/t]] n. pl. quid pro quos, quids pro quo fot something that is given or taken in return for something else; substitute • Etymology: 1555–65; < L: lit., something for something …
110quid pro quo — /ˌkwɪd prəυ kwəυ/ noun money paid or an action carried out in return for something ● He agreed to repay the loan early, and as a quid pro quo the bank released the collateral …
