0 something that is given to a person in return for something they have done: --
1 something that is given or received in return for something else: --
2 something that you give to someone in return for them giving something back to you: --
He highlights the importance of the timing and scale of reforms, as well as the quid pro quo (or sweeteners) offered by a particular reform package.
Business incorporation was viewed as a gift of the sovereign bestowed upon select groups of individuals as quid pro quo for the carrying out of certain important public tasks.
One problem is that the lack of precise data makes it hard to engage in a ' 'quid pro quo' ' and hence could impede future negotiations on liberalization.
As a quid pro quo the young will receive a pension benefit when they are old, which will be financed by contributions from the then young.
When exclusion is low-cost to the supplier, preferences for the amount and quantity of a good are revealed as a result of many quid pro quo transactions.
They obtain their compensations in the form of liberal concessions from import and excise duties granted on dubious grounds as quid pro quo.
They might take the opportunity to press for some political or economic quid pro quo.
Not all interaction is mediated through the interest-furthering quid pro quo.
