quid

And a piece of steak was such a little thing, a few pennies at best; yet it meant thirty quid to him.

Then he lay quiet for a little, and then, pulling out a stick of tobacco, begged me to cut him a quid.

But it's unlikely the U. S. or other major nations would back such a quid pro quo.

The quid pro quo, though, might be the departure of Mr Albanese less than two years into his tenure.

It would be worth the risk just to tell the senior editor that he had missed out on a couple of hundred quid.

I'm going to sell it online and if I can make a few quid out of it then all the better.

he took out of his mouth the pulpy quid and , lodging it between his teeth , bit ferociously.

It was just random things to start with, like batteries, that I could sell on for a couple of quid.

Responsibility is a verbal counterfeit for a substantial quid pro quo. It is an attempt to get something for nothing.

I remember thinking, if only I could get a thousand pounds (quid) 4 ---just that, just a thousand.

It's such a rip-off. With flowers, dinner and cabs, you're looking at a hundred quid minimum. Wouldn't she just prefer the cash instead?

Ask for a quid pro quo: "I can help you with this, but I'm going to need your help with this other task. "

Any such transfer could attract the attention of the authorities if it involved a quid pro quo or economic advantage.

She earns at least 200 quid a week.

It definitely wasn't for enjoying the lukewarm caffeinated mud they dish up out of the decrepit old vending machine for half a quid.

She worries about accepting hospitality she can't return but I tell her people don't conduct their friendship on a quid pro quo basis.

The temporary monopoly on the subject matter of the patent is regarded as a quid pro quo for thus disclosing the information to the public.

If the search market were competitive, then normal commercial negotiations would establish some sort of quid pro quo for the exchange.

Fifteen quid is all she asks for.

Will the latter, as a quid pro quo, accept outsiders second-guessing their budgets submitted to democratically elected parliaments?

The knowledge market must be built on trust that there will be reciprocity , some quid pro quo, in the transaction.

The asset pricing implications of this quid pro quo are clear; emerging markets are being flooded with freshly minted dollars.

"Oh, I've got five hundred quid, " he replied, laughing. "I must blue some of it. "

This is, after all, the quid pro quo for your free access to a vast amount of expensive information.

Those studies tend to view areca quid chewing as a function of individual risk behaviors and ignore its social context.

Many of those advocating the ECB be the lender of last resort do not offer a quid pro quo.

European leaders have thus far rejected such a quid pro quo.

But European leaders have thus far opposed such a quid-pro-quo.

the man whom he called morgan - an old , grey - haired , mahogany - faced sailor - came forward pretty sheepishly , rolling his quid.

In 1998 I'd probably got a million quid in the bank.

Then he went home in triumph claiming to have spotted the book in the second-hand bookshop and "beaten them down to two quid" .

But there was never an easy quid pro quo for ECB activism in return for new rules on European Union-wide fiscal discipline.

Just tell them you would pay them back. Then afterwards, you could plan how you will going to get back that quid.

After all, you care about the individual; if you expected a quid pro quo, you didn't have much of a friendship to begin with.

There's no negotiation, no explicit reciprocity, no quid pro quo on an individual basis.

We fixed on one about the size of a small washing machine, and my wife haggled the price down to about twenty quid.

Quid was developed by Sean Gourley, who originally invented the technology to predict insurgency in war-prone nations.

My sister never has any money, even though she's got a good job. She usually blows about 100 quid every Saturday on going out.

"Quid (quid) pro quo (quo)" is a Latin expression meaning I will do something for you if you do something for me.

What an insidious quid pro quo arrangement for all parties involved in this club of mutually congratulatory back-slapping!

As a quid pro quo, we expect greater transparency and accountability from the school management to parents, teachers and students.

His promotion may be regarded as the quid pro quo for his support.

I have this quid pro quo with my flatmate where I do his washing for him and he lets me use his computer for an hour a day.

The country provided oil to another country as a quid pro quo for weapons.

Please accept the use of our cottage as a quid pro quo for lending us your car.

It has been well documented that Areca quid chewing is harmful for health.

Paul was in jeans and carrying a music store carrier bag, every inch the fifty quid everyman.

They see Liverpool as a club they can make a few quid out of. I don't agree with it, I think it's sad.

While taking action against file-sharing, the government is offering a quid pro quo by moving to liberalize the rules on personal copying.

The issue is what kind of quid pro quo money-market funds will now face.

Coat the quid with flour, it'll make it drier.

The quid pro quo was direct enough, unprecedented in China's relations with either Europe or the United States.

For someone I barely know and don't much like, I give a couple of quid.

For international multinationals, technology transfer has long been the quid pro quo of landing deals in China.

The unusual part, say her intimates, is that there's never a direct quid pro quo.

Will you come if I can get the aunt to fork out twenty quid?

"Why not spend a few quid more and have something that's agreeable? " he asks.

eg. I'll pay you back that two quid tomorrow.

i heard so and so made a cool hundred quid over it , says alf . - who.

I mean, a new top from French Connection costs about fifty quid, whereas this one cost 7. 50. And it's practically new!

Get me? Quid pro quo.

I was fined - you're gonna love this -100 quid.

By 2000 I had 200 million quid.

Developing countries object to being leaned on and the US and other rich countries lack the political capacity to offer the quid pro quo.

Used For & In a Manner Not Quid Pro Quo

Study on the qualitative decision value in PCR-ELISA with li quid hybridization for detecting HBV

where the heck did you get a hundred quid anyway

Test method for initial dryness of li quid ink

Quid level gauge with lining