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Definition of quid pro quo in English: quid pro quonounPlural quid pro quos ˌkwɪd prəʊ ˈkwəʊˌkwɪd ˌproʊ ˈkwoʊ A favour or advantage granted in return for something. the pardon was a quid pro quo for their help in releasing hostages Example sentencesExamples - Such an approach might still allow real limitations, especially to fight the quid pro quos, or the appearance thereof, that are associated with five- and six-figure contributions.
- That was indiscreet, but you'd have to be very naïve not to imagine that there are a lot of implicit quid pro quos out there.
- Behind the scenes, the tacitly understood tradeoffs amount to quid pro quos.
- The American government reached similar quid pro quos with France and Russia, involving oil contracts as well as telecommunications deals.
- The flurry of quid pro quos and dirty deals has all the dignity of mobsters divvying up the spoils.
- Until last year, I would have insisted public radio stations were immune from quid pro quos.
- Some investment bankers exacted kickbacks and other quid pro quos from clients who got shares.
- Regulators step up punishments for firms that cross the line into illegal behavior, while long-acceptable practices now are derided as unseemly quid pro quos.
- It does seem, however, that the deal entails some interesting quid pro quos.
- Our duty is to make Hong Kong a better place for us all, without hidden agendas or quid pro quos.
- Negotiate in good faith first, and look at quid pro quos (such as aquaculture licenses), rather than using the hammer of forcible acquisition.
- And I think the question, also, that we have to look at is, what kind of quid pro quos are made to have a coalition like this?
- Finally, quid pro quos and veiled threats were utilized in an attempt to persuade.
Synonyms exchange, trade, trade-off, swap, switch, barter, substitute, substitution, reciprocity, reciprocation, return, payment, remuneration, amends, compensation, indemnity, recompense, restitution, reparation, satisfaction rare requital
Origin Mid 16th century (denoting a medicine substituted for another): Latin, 'something for something'. Rhymes aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou Definition of quid pro quo in US English: quid pro quonounˌkwid ˌprō ˈkwōˌkwɪd ˌproʊ ˈkwoʊ A favor or advantage granted or expected in return for something. the pardon was a quid pro quo for their help in releasing hostages Example sentencesExamples - That was indiscreet, but you'd have to be very naïve not to imagine that there are a lot of implicit quid pro quos out there.
- The American government reached similar quid pro quos with France and Russia, involving oil contracts as well as telecommunications deals.
- Behind the scenes, the tacitly understood tradeoffs amount to quid pro quos.
- It does seem, however, that the deal entails some interesting quid pro quos.
- Regulators step up punishments for firms that cross the line into illegal behavior, while long-acceptable practices now are derided as unseemly quid pro quos.
- Some investment bankers exacted kickbacks and other quid pro quos from clients who got shares.
- Our duty is to make Hong Kong a better place for us all, without hidden agendas or quid pro quos.
- Until last year, I would have insisted public radio stations were immune from quid pro quos.
- Such an approach might still allow real limitations, especially to fight the quid pro quos, or the appearance thereof, that are associated with five- and six-figure contributions.
- Finally, quid pro quos and veiled threats were utilized in an attempt to persuade.
- The flurry of quid pro quos and dirty deals has all the dignity of mobsters divvying up the spoils.
- Negotiate in good faith first, and look at quid pro quos (such as aquaculture licenses), rather than using the hammer of forcible acquisition.
- And I think the question, also, that we have to look at is, what kind of quid pro quos are made to have a coalition like this?
Synonyms exchange, trade, trade-off, swap, switch, barter, substitute, substitution, reciprocity, reciprocation, return, payment, remuneration, amends, compensation, indemnity, recompense, restitution, reparation, satisfaction
Origin Mid 16th century (denoting a medicine substituted for another): Latin, ‘something for something’. |