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
- Oh, and 500 quid for the deposit.
- Quid pro quo means this for that .
- A conglomeration of 'quid pro quo'.
- But the quid pro quo is unacceptable.
- And it only costs a couple of quid or so.
- But the QUID is an ad campaign, and nothing more.
- This is sort of the 'quid pro quo' that adds to my perplexity.
- I have deleted the statement that quid derives from 'quid pro quo'.
- Both Larousse and Quid use hyphens in department and commune names.
- Apparently it cost under a million quid, which is chicken feed really.