Definitions for quid pro quoˈkwɪd proʊ ˈkwoʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

quid pro quoˈkwɪd proʊ ˈkwoʊ(n.)(pl.)quid pro quos, quids pro quo.

  1. something that is given or taken in return for something else; substitute.

    Category: Foreign Term

Origin of quid pro quo:

1555–65; < L: lit., something for something

Princeton's WordNet

  1. quid pro quo, quid(noun)

    something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises

Wiktionary

  1. quid pro quo(Noun)

    Something understood as another ; an equivocation.

  2. quid pro quo(Noun)

    This for that; giving something to receive something else ; something equivalent ; something in return.

  3. quid pro quo(Noun)

    An equal exchange.

  4. Origin: From : "what for what" . See quid, pro, and quo


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