quid+pro+quo

  • 21quid pro quo — {{#}}{{LM Q32456}}{{〓}} {{[}}quid pro quo{{]}} {{■}}(lat.){{□}} {{◆}}(pl. quid pro quo){{◇}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} Confusión de una persona o cosa por otras: • En la película había muchas situaciones de quid pro quo y equívocos.{{○}}… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 22Quid Pro Quo — A Latin phrase meaning something for something . This term is typically used in financial circles to describe a mutual agreement between two parties in which each party provides a good or service in return for a good or service. Quid pro quo… …

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  • 23quid pro quo — UK [ˌkwɪd prəʊ ˈkwəʊ] / US [ˌkwɪd proʊ ˈkwoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms quid pro quo : singular quid pro quo plural quid pro quos formal something that you offer or give to someone in return for something that they have offered or given you …

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  • 24quid pro quo — /kwid proh kwoh /, pl. quid pro quos, quids pro quo for 2. 1. (italics) Latin. one thing in return for another. 2. something that is given or taken in return for something else; substitute. [1555 65; L quid pro quo lit., something for something;… …

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  • 25quid pro quo — (Expresión latina.) ► locución adverbial Con sustitución por algo equivalente. * * * quid pro quo (lat.; pronunc. [cuíd pro cuó]) 1 Frase latina que indica que una cosa se sustituye por otra equivalente. 2 («Un») m. *Equivocación que consiste en… …

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  • 26quid pro quo —  Something for something (Latin). Many business agreements have implicit quid pro quo understandings.  ► “That suited the IRA [Irish Republican Army] fine, until Prime Minister John Major attached his quid pro quo: Elections must precede all… …

    American business jargon

  • 27quid pro quo — This Latin term meaning something for something in English means an equal exchange : Helping me weed the garden is a quid pro quo for my washing your car. Pronounce the phrase KWID pro KWOH, but use it sparingly because it has become a cliché …

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  • 28quid pro quo — noun Etymology: New Latin, something for something Date: 1582 something given or received for something else; also a deal arranging a quid pro quo …

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  • 29quid pro quo — noun /ˌkwɪd.pɹəʊˈkwəʊ,ˌkwɪd.pɹoʊˈkwoʊ/ a) Something understood as another ; an equivocation. We had no money so we had to live by quid pro quo. b) This for that; giving something to receive something else ; something equivalent ; something in… …

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  • 30quid pro quo —    (KWID proh KWOH) [Latin: something for something] Something given or taken in return for something else; a substitute.    This is a high stakes quid pro quo that the environmentalists would have been seen as churlish to have refused. The… …

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