quid pro quoquid pro quo /ˌkwɪd prəʊ ˈkwəʊ $ -proʊ ˈkwoʊ/ noun (plural quid pro quos) [countable]Word Origin
WORD ORIGINquid pro quo
Origin:
1500-1600Latin ‘something for something’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
It is clearly illegal to require sex as a quid pro quo for promotion.
something that you give or do in exchange for something else, especially when this arrangement is not officialquid pro quo for There’s a quid pro quo for everything in politics – you’ll soon learn that.