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Quid pro quo   /kwɪd proʊ kwoʊ/   Listen
Quid pro quo

noun
1.
Something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises.  Synonym: quid.






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"Quid pro quo" Quotes from Famous Books



... who is a British subject have visited Peking. Rumors were rife in the south as to the object of the visit. British sources published the report that one object was to return Weihaiwei to China—in case Peking agreed to turn over more of the Kwantung mainland to Hong Kong as a quid pro quo. Chinese opinion in the south was that one main object was to secure the Peking confirmation of the Cassell contract, in which case $900,000 more would be forthcoming, $100,000 having been paid down when the contract ...
— China, Japan and the U.S.A. - Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing - on the Washington Conference • John Dewey

... readers. Between this see-saw of the necessary subscriber and the necessary advertiser, a good many newspapers go down. This difficulty would be measurably removed by the admission of the truth that the newspaper is a strictly business enterprise, depending for success upon a 'quid pro quo' between all parties connected with it, and ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner



Words linked to "Quid pro quo" :   retainer, consideration, quid



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