Words similar to quid
Example sentences for: quid
How can you use “quid” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Instead, there was the surprise quartum quid of the Albanian negotiators saying they "understood and accepted" the proffered Western peace plan but would take a few weeks off to check in with the home folks before signing anything.
The NYT and LAT do a good job of laying out the legal complications: both explain that the usual rules don't apply if the gift giver has a prior personal relationship with the giftee, and the NYT also notes that the courts are still struggling with whether or not the illegal gratuity statute requires a concrete quid pro quo (either past or promised).
Yet criminal investigations or prosecutions are rare (and usually involve violations of the fund-raising limits rather than any quid pro quo).
In those instances, unlike in the Indonesian one, there is strong evidence of a quid pro quo, or at least mutual back-scratching.
Quid pro quo.