Synonyms for quid pro quo

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kwid proh kwoh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪd proʊ ˈkwoʊ

Définition of quid pro quo

Origin : 1560s, from Latin, literally "something for something, one thing for another," from nominative and ablative neuter singulars of relative pronoun qui "who" (see who) + pro "for" (see pro-) + quo, ablative of quid.

noun something for something

Example sentences :

There is no longer any quid pro quo for her alliance with France.
Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

I do not understand it—there is no quid pro quo in the business to my apprehension.
Extract from : « The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb » by Charles Lamb

But you must know that I shall have at least my quid pro quo.
Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 2 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore

It is on the legal principle of quid pro quo, a consideration for a consideration.
Extract from : « The Curiosities and Law of Wills » by John Proffatt

But the possibility of such a quid pro quo had left her undisturbed.
Extract from : « Eden » by Edgar Saltus

I could hardly have got out of it if Godfrey had expected a quid pro quo.
Extract from : « Leonore Stubbs » by L. B. Walford

He was paid $150 or $175 as a quid pro quo for his interest in the Liberator.
Extract from : « William Lloyd Garrison » by Archibald H. Grimke

It was tit for tat, quid pro quo, what was sauce for the goose—the goose again!
Extract from : « The Tysons » by May Sinclair

In my notice of this work I said that the English shortly hoped to give the Germans a quid pro quo.
Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow

Now, one of the marked peculiarities of Connecticut is an indisposition to part with anything without a quid pro quo.
Extract from : « The Sea Lions » by James Fenimore Cooper

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