quid pro quo

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Something which is understood as something else; an equivocation.

   “The misunderstanding of the word or the quid pro quo is the unintentional pun, and is related to it exactly as folly is to wit.”

2. isim Substitution of one drug for another.

   “a knave Apothecary that administers the Physick, and makes the medicine, may doe infinite harme, by his old obsolete doses, adulterine druggs, bad mixtures, quid pro quo, etc.”

3. isim Something which is offered or asked for in exchange for something else.

   “To deny that the arrangement was a quid pro quo would be laughably disingenuous.”

4. isim A usually non-monetary exchange transaction, or series or process of exchange transactions.

   “More importantly, the Chrysler bailout produced a quid pro quo wherein Congress agreed to pass bank deregulation legislation if banks agreed to convert substantial amounts of Chrysler's debt to equity.”

5. isim An equal or fair transaction or series of process of exchange transactions; tit for tat.

   “What we should do, however, is insist that there be a quid pro quo — an equal exchange.”

6. isim Sexual harassment in which a person in a workplace implicitly or explicitly requires sexual favours in exchange for something.

   “American courts have recognized two forms of sexual harassment. In the first, quid pro quo cases, the violation occurs when an employer or supervisor conditions an employment benefit on the employee's providing sexual favors.”