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quidquid /kwɪd/ noun (plural quid) [countable] British English informal   quidOrigin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from Latin what ‘what, something’ - I have it at home and can well understand why Carmody passed fifty quid under the table to keep Graham quiet.
- I have, as it happens, a 1,000 rouble note, worth around a quid at yesterday's prices.
- Maybe eighty quid a week coming in.
- The bruiser wouldn't have been promised a reward of twenty quid otherwise.
► Currenciesbob, nounbureau de change, nouncent, nouncentime, nounchange, verbC-note, nouncoin, verbcoinage, nounconvertible, adjectivecrown, nouncurrency, nouncurrency peg, nound., decimalization, noundenomination, nounDeutschmark, noundevalue, verbdime, noundinar, noundollar, noundoubloon, noundough, noundrachma, nounducat, nounexchange rate, nounfarthing, nounfifty, numberfirm, adjectivefiver, nounfive-spot, nounfloat, verbforeign exchange, nounFr, franc, noungold, noungold card, noungroat, nounguilder, nounguinea, nounhalf crown, nounhalf dollar, nounhalfpenny, nounha'penny, nounhard currency, nounkrona, nounkrone, nounKrugerrand, nounlegal tender, nounlira, nounmark, nounmill, nounmint, nounmint, verbmoney, nounmoney supply, nounnickel, nounnote, nounp., paper money, nounparity, nounpence, nounpennies, penny, nounpennyworth, nounpetrodollars, nounpiece, nounquarter, nounquid, nounrand, nounrate of exchange, nounrevalue, verbriyal, nounrouble, nounruble, nounrupee, nounsawbuck, nounshekel, nounshilling, nounsilver, nounsilver dollar, nounsingle, nounsingle currency, nounsixpence, nounsoft currency, nounsovereign, nounsterling, nounstrong, adjectivetenner, nounthreepence, nounthreepenny bit, nountraveller's cheque, nountuppence, nountuppeny, adjectivetwopenny, adjectiveweaken, verbyen, nounyuan, noun VERB► cost· Second hand for about 100. 2400 baud modems will cost under 100 quid.· Even if it costs us a few hundred quid, it's been worth it. ► get· She's got seven million quid, and just look at her face.· Even labourers out there get fifty quid a week.· What sort of a racehorse d'you think you get for a hundred quid? ► pay· We paid him four hundred quid, a month's rent.· It's a shame we had to pay 14 quid to watch them.· If he said the punter had paid him fifty quid, Joe knew that was what had been paid.· Don't bother trying to blag yourself a ticket - everyone pays 15 quid. 1one pound in money:  She earns at least 600 quid a week.2be quids in to make a good profit: If this deal comes off, we’ll be quids in. |