quid pro quo

1. 1.

   something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises

   Synonymsquid

   Broaderretainer

Questions about quid pro quo

What does quid pro quo mean?

quid pro quo means "something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises".

What is another word for quid pro quo?

Close synonyms include quid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quid pro quo a common word?

quid pro quo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.