Qui pro quo

quid pro quo (kw

)

n. pl. quid pro quos or quids pro quo

An equal exchange or substitution.

[Latin quid pr qu : quid, something + pr, for + qu, ablative of quid, something.]

quid pro quo [ˈkwɪd prəʊ ˈkwəʊ]

n pl quid pro quos

1. a reciprocal exchange

2. something given in compensation, esp an advantage or object given in exchange for another

[from Latin: something for something]

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Noun

quid pro quo - something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises

quid

retainer, consideration - a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone

quid pro quo

noun exchange, interchange, tit for tat, equivalent, compensation, retaliation, reprisal, substitution The statement is emphatic that there must be a quid pro quo.

Translations

quid pro quo [ˈkwɪdprəʊˈkwəʊ] N (quid pro quos (pl)) → compensación f (for por)

quid pro quo

n → Gegenleistung f

quid pro quo [ˌkwɪdprəʊˈkwəʊ] n (reciprocal exchange) → contraccambio
his promotion was the quid pro quo for his support → venne promosso in cambio del suo appoggio

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I've been in government for 20 years and have never participated in any qui pro quo," Burris testified.

Burris vows he made no deals to gain Obama's senate seat by AFP / AFP American Edition

Qui ignorat quantum solvere debeat
Qui in utero est
Qui jure suo utitur
Qui jussu judicis aliquod fuerit non videtur dolo malo fecisse
Qui male agit
Qui melius probat
Qui molitur insidias in patriam
Qui nascitur sine legitimo matrimonio
Qui Nhon
Qui Nhong
Qui Nhong
Qui non cadunt in constantem virem
Qui non libere veritatem pronunciat
Qui non obstat quod obstare potest facere videtur
Qui non prohibit quod prohibere potest assentire videtur
Qui non propulsat injuriam quando potest
Qui omne dicit
qui oppugnat
Qui parcit nocentibus
Qui peccat ebuius
Qui per alium facit per seipsum facere videtur
Qui per fraudem agit
Qui potest et debet vetare
Qui primum peccat ille facit rixam
Qui prior est tempore

Qui pro quo

Qui providet sibi
Qui rationem in omnibus quarunt
Qui semel actionem renunciaverit
Qui semel malus
qui sibi placet
Qui tacet consentire videtur
Qui tam
Qui tam
Qui tam action
Qui Tam Actions
Qui Tam Lawsuit
Qui tams
Qui tardius solvit
Qui timent
Qui Umbrae Venimus
Qui Va Bien
qui vive
Qui Vixit
Qui Vixit Annis
Qui Vocatur
qui vulnerari potest
Qui vult decipi
Qui-Gon Jinn
QUIA
QUIA
Quia Emptores

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