quo pro quid

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Rare form of quid pro quo.

    罕用

    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?