quo pro quid
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Rare form of quid pro quo.
Example Sentences
- "I design to give up smoking; but I have not yet fixed upon the equivalent vice. I must have quid pro quo; or quo pro quid, as Tom Woodgate would correct me. My service to him."
- "In Virginia they propose to tax each person who uses tobacco on the quo pro ‘quid’ principle."
- "Have they not conceded on occasion without getting any redeployment as a quo pro quid, knowing that they can always offload the cost on to the home market?"