quid pro quo

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

"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.

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.

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

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.

Get me? Quid pro quo.

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