quo pro quid
English
Noun
quo pro quid
- Rare form of quid pro quo.
- 1824, August 10, Charles Lamb, letter 350 to Thomas Hood, published in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, volume 6 Letters 1821–1842, edited by E. V. Lucas:
- 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.
- 1876, February 24, unknown author, Daily Democratic Statesman, quoted by Chuck Parsons in “Pidge,” Texas Ranger, published 2013, →ISBN, page 185 in note 94 on chapter “Pidge and the Rio Grande Frontier”:
- In Virginia they propose to tax each person who uses tobacco on the quo pro ‘quid’ principle.
- 1961–62, Humphrey Mynors, quoted in The City of London: A Club No More, 1945–2000, by David Kynaston, published 2001, →ISBN, part 3 “1959–70”, chapter 11 “Italian Motorways”, page 288:
- 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?
- 1824, August 10, Charles Lamb, letter 350 to Thomas Hood, published in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, volume 6 Letters 1821–1842, edited by E. V. Lucas:
Anagrams
- quid pro quo