quon.

Brit.

/kwəʊ/, U.S.

/kwoʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin quo, quid pro quo.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin quo (in quid pro quo quid pro quo phr.). Compare earlier quid pro quo phr., slightly later quid pro quo n., and later quid n.¹ 3.

In conjunction with quid: an action performed or thing given in return for something else, or in expectation of some return. Cf. quid pro quo phr. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun] > that which is done in return

quo1577

a taste (also dose, etc.) of one's own (kind of) medicine1894

1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vi. f. 21/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I You charge me..that I presume to chop Logike with you.., by answering your snappish quid, with a knappish quo.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. v. 65 I cry you mercy, 'tis but Quid for Quo .

1797 R. Cumberland False Impressions iii. 37 If he had only said it behind your back, why 'twere but quid for quo; it would have pass'd.

1860 J. H. Ingraham Sunny South iv. 38 All things being equal—that is, the quid being equal to the quo as my brother used to say.

1939 S. de Madariaga Christopher Columbus xii. 136 The contractual sense, that attitude which sees every event of life as a transaction and expects and demands a definite quid for every quo.

2007 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Apr. 12 According to protesters, the prospect of a student village in the neighbourhood of Glasgow's biggest university is not enough of a quid to go with the quo.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quo
释义	quon. Brit. /kwəʊ/, U.S. /kwoʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin quo, quid pro quo. Etymology: < post-classical Latin quo (in quid pro quo quid pro quo phr.). Compare earlier quid pro quo phr., slightly later quid pro quo n., and later quid n.¹ 3. In conjunction with quid: an action performed or thing given in return for something else, or in expectation of some return. Cf. quid pro quo phr. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun] > that which is done in return quo1577 a taste (also dose, etc.) of one's own (kind of) medicine1894 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vi. f. 21/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I You charge me..that I presume to chop Logike with you.., by answering your snappish quid, with a knappish quo. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. v. 65 I cry you mercy, 'tis but Quid for Quo . View more context for this quotation 1797 R. Cumberland False Impressions iii. 37 If he had only said it behind your back, why 'twere but quid for quo; it would have pass'd. 1860 J. H. Ingraham Sunny South iv. 38 All things being equal—that is, the quid being equal to the quo as my brother used to say. 1939 S. de Madariaga Christopher Columbus xii. 136 The contractual sense, that attitude which sees every event of life as a transaction and expects and demands a definite quid for every quo. 2007 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Apr. 12 According to protesters, the prospect of a student village in the neighbourhood of Glasgow's biggest university is not enough of a quid to go with the quo. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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