quid pro quo

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Quid pro quo is defined as giving something in exchange for getting something.

(noun)

  1. An example of quid pro quo is when you cover for your friend in a lie in exchange for him covering for you later.
  2. An example of quid pro quo is a boss who offers his secretary a raise if she will kiss him.

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See quid pro quo in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. one thing in return for another
  2. something equivalent; substitute

Origin: L, something for something

See quid pro quo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. quid pro quos or quids pro quo
An equal exchange or substitution.

Origin:

Origin: Latin quid prō quō

Origin: : quid, something

Origin: + prō, for

Origin: + quō

Origin: , ablative of quid, something

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