quid+pro+quo

  • 51quid pro quo — ‚kwɪdprəʊ kwəʊ one thing in exchange for another, something in return for something else …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 52quid pro quo — [L.] Equivalent, tit for tat …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 53quid pro quo —   n. what for which ; equivalent; thing given in return …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 54quid pro quo — /kwid prow kwow/ What for what; something for something. Used in law for the giving one valuable thing for another. It is nothing more than the mutual consideration which passes between the parties to a contract, and which renders it valid and… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 55quid pro quo — The consideration for a contract. That which is supplied by one party in consideration of that which is supplied by the other party. 17 Am J2d Contr § 85 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 56quid pro quo — n. 1 a thing given as compensation. 2 return made (for a gift, favour, etc.). Etymology: L, = something for something …

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  • 57Quid pro quo a muchos mató, (Un) — Dice que la ofuscación y el error a menudo son causa de trágicos sucesos …

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  • 58Qui pro quo — Der Ausdruck Qui pro quo bezeichnet eine Verwechslung von Personen, beispielsweise als spannungsgebendes Element in einem Schauspiel, und spielt auf einen Schreibfehler an („qui“ anstatt „quo“). Siehe auch Qui Pro Quo, ein polnisches Kabarett… …

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  • 59qui pro quo — qui pro quò loc.s.m.inv. CO equivoco, malinteso, fraintendimento: non ci siamo capiti, c è stato un qui pro quo Sinonimi: fraintendimento, malinteso. {{line}} {{/line}} VARIANTI: quiproquò. DATA: 1540. ETIMO: voce pseudolat., forse dal lat.… …

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  • 60qui pro quo — (meno com. quiproquò) locuz. usata come s.m. [prob. dal lat. quid pro quo, titolo di una sezione che in alcune compilazioni farmaceutiche del tardo medioevo includeva i medicamenti che si potevano dare in luogo di altri], invar. [il capire una… …

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