Paolo Nutini

People make you feel like a bad guy for asking for seven quid for your album, like you are slapping them in the face, when they'll go and pay two grand for a scarf somebody knitted in a sweat shop and stitched a designer label on.

Scottish Musician

Zephyr Teachout

In the absence of relative equality - quid pro quo - a court might question whether there was an actual contract. If I give you a dollar, and you give me a mansion, our contract would lack quid pro quo.

American Lawyer

Kano

When we started out we didn't expect anything would come from it, definitely not money. We'd pay to go on pirate radio: twenty quid a month just to go on and spit for an hour.

British Musician

Kell Brook

If someone said to me you can get five million quid, a world title, fight at Wembley with a fight that every fan wants to see, it's a no-brainer for me.

British Athlete

Peter Crouch

I did a paper round as a kid, but the early mornings were too much. My dad took it over, so I was getting paid 15 quid a week, but he was doing it!

English Athlete

Nick Rahall

Wilderness designations should not be the result of a quid pro quo. They should rise or fall on their own merits.

American Politician

Harry Redknapp

To try and nick a few quid off the income tax... Why? I am not into that. I don't need that.

English Coach

Terry Pratchett

I mean, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid to see me, and I'm me.

English Author

Ronan Keating

I'm glad to have a couple a quid in my pocket to be able to enjoy life.

Irish Artist

Tom Wilkinson

British Actor

Use 'quid' in casual conversations rather than formal financial contexts.

Informal Currency

'Quid' remains 'quid' in both singular and plural form, not 'quids'.

Singular and Plural

Understand that 'quid' is a term exclusively used in the UK.

UK Specific

Use 'quid' to talk about a small amount of chewable tobacco.

Chewing Tobacco

Using 'quid' for tobacco is considered old-fashioned and less common today.

Old-fashioned

A 'quid' indicates a wad or lump, not just any amount of tobacco.

Specific Quantity

In legal contexts, 'quid' refers to one side of an exchange or bargain.

Law and Bargains

Avoid using 'quid' in daily conversation unless discussing law or specific deals.

Not for Everyday Use

 quid pro quo -- I'll do something for you if you do something for me. And that seems like a safe way to live your life. But is it the most effective and productive way to live your life? The answer to that question is a very definitive maybe. I studied dozens of organizations, thousands of people.

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 for a vital upcoming rally this is essential to make sure the car is fixed to take on the punishing course and a rally car is a lot more demanding than your average motor high-octane fuel for this bad boy costs more than twice as much as normal petrol and the 140 quid

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 cash out of rhino horn and it's certainly not the local now to give you some sort of idea if this was pounded rhino horn this would be worth roughly about 40 quid and a forest guard earns a lot less than that a week

Quid

Informal Currency

Singular and Plural

UK Specific

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