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back-and-forth, barter, commutation, dicker, exchange, swap, trade, trade-off, truck
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The Hoover Institution’s Peter Robinson, a Reagan speechwriter, provided details of the unabashed quid pro quo, outlined in a 1983 KGB memorandum. — Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, "Democrats Are the True Election Meddlers," 15 Aug. 2019 The plan called for voters to cast ballots for the same candidate, often on a quid pro quo basis, which is known as block voting and considered by the Academy to be unfair. — Editors, USA TODAY, "Trump and Iran, World Cup and SpaceX: 5 things you need to know Monday," 24 June 2019 Federal prosecutors abandoned efforts to try Mr. Menendez after the judge threw out several counts of the charges, saying that the prosecution had not proved a quid pro quo under the definition laid out by the McDonnell decision. — Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, "Why the ‘Bridgegate’ Scandal Could Backfire on Prosecutors," 3 July 2019 The Russian leader had proposed an unusual quid pro quo. — Brooke Singman, Fox News, "Trump floats 2nd Putin summit, amid new firestorm over Russia bid to question US officials," 19 July 2018 As a quid pro quo, institutions have to be more obviously free of political influence than ever before. — R.c., The Economist, "The political nausea when feelings replace facts," 21 June 2019 There is no evidence that Mr. Falwell’s endorsement was part of a quid pro quo arranged by Mr. Cohen. — Frances Robles, New York Times, "The Evangelical, the ‘Pool Boy,’ the Comedian and Michael Cohen," 18 June 2019 Although the Burton Foundation had accepted large sums of money from various oversea sources of dubious provenance, concrete evidence of a quid pro quo had never been found. — Lucinda Rosenfeld, Harper's magazine, "First Daughters," 10 Feb. 2019 Any allegations of a personal quid pro quo involving Mr. Juffali’s assistance with a letter of credit and the payments from Nissan were completely unfounded, the statement said. — Megumi Fujikawa, WSJ, "Carlos Ghosn’s Lawyer Launches Campaign to Clear His Client," 8 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'quid pro quo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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quid pro quo
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What It Is
Quid pro quo is a Latin phrase that literally means "something for something." The phrase usually indicates an exchange of goods or services of roughly equivalent value.
How It Works
From a legal perspective, quid pro quo indicates that a good or service has been traded for something of equal value. In particular, quid pro quo is used explicitly to indicate that there has been "consideration" in a contract, meaning that there are goods or services being delivered and that acceptable payment is made for these goods or services. Without consideration, or quid pro quo, for example, a contract may be determined to be nonbinding and invalid.
In the political world, for example, quid pro quo sometimes refers to giving support, financial or otherwise, to a political candidate in exchange for the expectation of direct support for an activity of the political benefactor. Quid pro quo may appear as bribery in these cases and such support must always be tested for conflicts of interest.
Why It Matters
Quid pro quo is one of the most common Latin legal terms used. In any transaction, legal, political or otherwise, it is helpful to know the quid pro quo, that is, the balance of the value of the service or good and the financial compensation being offered.
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