Example sentences for: quid

How can you use “quid” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In Britain tenner, tanner, bob, oncer, guinea, quid, and other terms were in common use in conversation when purchasing an item.

  • Even if there is no actual evidence of a quid (donations) pro quo (permission to export), these allegations raise questions.

  • Yet criminal investigations or prosecutions are rare (and usually involve violations of the fund-raising limits rather than any quid pro quo).

  • Sexual-harrassment law may be dangerously broad and vague, as Rosen says, but if this is not considered sexual harrassment, it surely ought to be--even if there is no quid pro quo and even if he backs off and zips up when she declines.

  • The New York Times called it "the closest [thing] to a quid pro quo " in the scandal.


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