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How to pronounce quid in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms quid pro quo
Type of consideration, retainer
Type Words
Synonyms british pound, british pound sterling, pound, pound sterling
Type of british monetary unit
Type Words
Synonyms chaw, chew, cud, plug, wad
Type of bit, bite, morsel

Examples of quid

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He came to the back of the crowd and handed over fifty quid before speeding off.
From the guardian.co.uk
For less than two quid you can charge it up and get 87 miles of silent motoring.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
On average four, yes, four, replacement razor blades cost a whopping eight quid.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Will Gordon and Jake continue their dangerous quid pro quo behind Winnie's back?
From the denverpost.com
I have five quid in my pocket, I am happy to donate, any one else got some cash?
From the guardian.co.uk
If you must splash out, spend a few quid on waterproofing yourself and your kit.
From the guardian.co.uk
Even without a defined quid pro quo, money puts subtle pressure on researchers.
From the latimes.com
The Daily Heil was getting all self-righteous about it costing 14 million quid.
From the guardian.co.uk
The prices of hundreds or thousands of quid are of course dealers'selling prices.
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  • British pound: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
  • Quid pro quo: something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises
  • Chew: a wad of something chewable as tobacco
  • The Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination (QUID) was a proposed "space currency" created as a viral marketing campaign launched by Travelex with the London-based public relations and advertising firm, talkPR. The full name is a backronym from 'quid', a slang term for the British Pound. ...
  • Quid is a French encyclopedia, established in 1963 by Dominique Fru00E9my. It was published annually between 1963 and 2007, first by Plon (1963-1974) and later by u00C9ditions Robert Laffont (1975-2007), and was the most popular encyclopedic reference work in France.
  • The Quid was a band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Active during the 1960s and 1970s the original bandmembers included Lenny Fidkalo, Ron Rene, Bill Pavlik, Colin Palmer and Morley Nickles. ...
  • The tertium quids (sometimes shortened to quids) refers to various factions of the American Democratic-Republican Party during the period 1804u20131812. In Latin, tertium quid means "a third something". Quid was a disparaging term that referred to cross-party coalitions of Federalists and moderate Democratic-Republicans.
  • The inherent nature of something; A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid); To chew tobacco; To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing
  • (Quidding) The dropping of partly chewed food from the mouth.