quid pro quo

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  1. noun An equal exchange or substitution.

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  1. Latin quid prō quō : quid, something + prō, for + quō, ablative of quid, something.

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  1. Latin, something for something: quid, interrog. what, indefinite something; pro, for; quo, ablative singular of quid, something.
 

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