quid
IPA: kwˈɪd
noun
- The inherent nature of something.
- (US, historical) A member of a section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811, following John Randolph of Roanoke. (From tertium quid.)
- Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.
- (historical) A sovereign or guinea, that is, a certain coin or amount of money.
- (Britain, colloquial) Pound sterling. (usually only used with a whole number of pounds)
- (Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, historical) Various national currencies typically known by the name "pound".
- (Ireland, colloquial, by extension) Euro.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, by extension, rare) Dollar, dollars.
- A piece of material for chewing, especially chewing tobacco.
- (US, colloquial) The act of chewing such tobacco.
verb
- To chew tobacco.
- (of a horse) To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing.
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Examples of "quid" in Sentences
- The Romans used the phrase quid pro quo—“something for something.”
- Kyle wouldn't do that any more than he would engage in quid pro quo.
- They still cost 20 quid per pair to post, but getting the boots including postage under 100 quid is pretty damn good!
- _Et quid Pandoniae_ -- thus, little book, I charge you poultice your more-merited oblivion -- _quid Pandoniae restat nisi nomen Athenae_?
- _Et quid Pandoniae_ -- thus, little book, I charge you to poultice your more-merited oblivion -- _quid Pandoniae restat nisi nomen Athenae?
- Are you getting any sense at all that some of these talks may involve, I don't know if you want to use the term quid pro quo, but is Vice President Cheney, rather, talking with these leaders about getting their support on Iraq just because of what the U.S. has now proposed in the U.N. Security Council, and what they are trying to get done on the ground there in Jerusalem -- I'm sorry, not in Jerusalem, but in that region there?
- I seem to remember a guy called montechristo on here bailed at 135 hoping for a retrace to less than a quid, he hasnt been back for a while, I seem to remember in the last RNS they were tendering for £9 billion worth of contracts, I dont believe we have hit peak oil yet but once we do the price of oil will rise as extraction gets more and more costly I.E. BP's huge find in the gulf oif mexico which is going to cost them $28 per barrell to extract dude they were 5 quid+ less than 18 months ago, the fundamentals of the company remain strong and yes they do need more orders and I am sure that scott doak is working on that as we speak obviously myself and sheffy are big fans as we averaged down in the darkest days of march, but from all my research Lamprell is a well run company with no big debt pile (in fact cash at hand) and in the right location to service its customers Datafeed and UK data supplied by ProQuote.
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