quo pro quid
nounDefinitions
Rare form of quid pro quo.
- I design to give up smoking; but I have not yet fixed upon the equivalent vice. I must have quid pro quo; or quo pro quid, as Tom Woodgate would correct me. My service to him.
- In Virginia they propose to tax each person who uses tobacco on the quo pro ‘quid’ principle.
- Have they not conceded on occasion without getting any redeployment as a quo pro quid, knowing that they can always offload the cost on to the home market?
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for quo pro quid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA