Quid

Word QUID
Character 4
Hyphenation quid
Pronunciations /kwɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Quid"

What do we mean by quid?

A cut, as of chewing tobacco. noun

A pound sterling. noun

What; nature; substance. noun

Something: used chiefly in the phrase tertium quid (see below). See predication. noun

To drop partly masticated food from the mouth: said of horses.

A sovereign (£1). noun

A cnd. noun

A portion suitable to be chewed; specifically, a piece of tobacco chewed and rolled about in the mouth. noun

An English coin, a sovereign. noun

To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; -- said of horses. transitive verb

A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud. noun

A piece of chewing tobacco. noun

The act of chewing such tobacco noun

To chew tobacco verb

To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing verb

A sovereign or guinea. noun

Pound sterling. noun

Pound (before the 1966 currency change) noun

Pound, punt noun

Euro noun

The inherent nature of something.

A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid).

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The word "quid" in example sentences

_Et quid Pandoniae_ -- thus, little book, I charge you poultice your more-merited oblivion -- _quid Pandoniae restat nisi nomen Athenae_? ❋ James Branch Cabell (1918)

_Et quid Pandoniae_ -- thus, little book, I charge you to poultice your more-merited oblivion -- _quid Pandoniae restat nisi nomen Athenae? ❋ James Branch Cabell (1918)

I seem to remember a guy called montechristo on here bailed at 135 hoping for a retrace to less than a quid, he hasnt been back for a while, I seem to remember in the last RNS they were tendering for £9 billion worth of contracts, I dont believe we have hit peak oil yet but once we do the price of oil will rise as extraction gets more and more costly I.E. BP's huge find in the gulf oif mexico which is going to cost them $28 per barrell to extract dude they were 5 quid+ less than 18 months ago, the fundamentals of the company remain strong and yes they do need more orders and I am sure that scott doak is working on that as we speak obviously myself and sheffy are big fans as we averaged down in the darkest days of march, but from all my research Lamprell is a well run company with no big debt pile (in fact cash at hand) and in the right location to service its customers Datafeed and UK data supplied by ProQuote.

The Romans used the phrase quid pro quo—“something for something.” ❋ Martin A. Nowak (2011)

Are you getting any sense at all that some of these talks may involve, I don't know if you want to use the term quid pro quo, but is Vice President Cheney, rather, talking with these leaders about getting their support on Iraq just because of what the U.S. has now proposed in the U.N. Security Council, and what they are trying to get done on the ground there in Jerusalem -- I'm sorry, not in Jerusalem, but in that region there? ❋ Unknown (2002)

Kyle wouldn't do that any more than he would engage in quid pro quo. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They still cost 20 quid per pair to post, but getting the boots including postage under 100 quid is pretty damn good! ❋ Lyzbeth (2008)

Fining them a few hundred quid is not going to do that. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In those circumstances, three quid is being generous, I reckon. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Actually, what you get for a million quid is a millionaire lifestyle, which would probably involve paying off the mortgage, buying a nice car, and getting the living room floor done, or an extension built. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Again, though, working just to get a few more quid is completely different than getting up every day as an employee. ❋ Hal Duncan (2006)

He claims to have sold 30,000 books so far, at �each, for �0,000 gross. (equivalent to about US$400,000). 210,000 quid is nice pile of pix of the Queen, if I do say so. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Third, you are worried that there will be corruption or at least the appearance of corrpution -- Even if large donations do not result in quid pro quos, they do help secure access to the candidate and thus predispose candidates toward the interests of the very rich and powerful. ❋ Unknown (2003)

By the early 1970s, courts began to extend the Title VII sex discrimination provisions to cover instances of sexual harassment.5 These cases involved what has been termed quid pro quo literally, “this for that” harassment, where the demand for sexual favors was linked to employment decisions such as promotions and compensation. ❋ Donald T. Dickson (1995)

That’s its all over £30million quid is also ridiculous. on December 12, 2007 at 9: 46 pm | Reply A despairing MOP ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

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