quid

Converse of object

• earn: Jump through hoops to earn 5 quid an hour.
• spend: I ended up spending 200 quid for a taxi to get us home, " an angry Brosnan remarked.
• save: Wish I'd have saved a few quid now.
• pay: I'd rather the pay the extra few quid next time for somewhere better.
• bet: I would bet the fifty quid I'd get for this gig that the cloak would be green.
• cost: The mental exercising game launched on June 9th and costs just twenty quid.

Adjective modifier

• twenty-five: And the fare is twenty-five quid, and I don't think it would take that much gasoline.
• few: I am sure they could fetch a few quid to sink in someone's hedge fund.
• odd: Worth the odd few quid - don't you think?
• more: Kia should spend a few more quid on the keys - it could be the best value marketing there is.

Modifies a noun

• fine: If a car is seen going into one they will get a 80 quid fine for it.
• fee: At 70 quid connection fee in the hotel, no one there was online.
• postage: Just a little contact, couple of quid postage and it made their week.
• worth: I currently own a couple of hundred quid worth of accessories and games that are useless to me!

Noun used with modifier

• betel: Mouth cancer is much more common in parts of the world where people chew betel quid.
• forty: Forty quid ought to get you more than that.
• twelve: All takes place from 9.30pm to 5am - tickets are twelve quid, or a tenner for Fabric First members and NUS card holders.

Possessives

• worth: For example, you don't add a few hundred quid's worth of body kit then risk wrapping it round a lamppost.

Preposition: for

• privilege: And I'm not just saying that, because I paid 50 quid for the privilege.

Preposition: per

• person: The prices work out as follows: ( 1 ): 15 quid per person per trip to cover trailer hire and gasoline.