quid pro quo

The phrase “quid pro quo” has 3 syllables: quid pro quo

It's pronounced as /kwɪd proʊ kwɒ/


What is synonym and antonym for quid pro quo?

In the thesaurus, “quid pro quo” has 34 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for quid pro quo along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for quid pro quo

  • back-and-forth
  • bargain
  • bargaining
  • barter
  • commutation
  • deal
  • dealing
  • dicker
  • dickering
  • equal exchange
  • equal substitution
  • equivalent
  • exchange
  • eye for an eye
  • haggling
  • horse trade
  • horse trading
  • like for like
  • logrolling
  • measure for measure
  • negotiation
  • reciprocation
  • recompense
  • replacement
  • requital
  • something in return
  • substitute
  • substitution
  • swap
  • tit for tat
  • trade
  • trade-off
  • transaction
  • truck

Meanings of quid pro quo

  • noun
    1. Something which is understood as something else; an equivocation.
    2. Substitution of one drug for another.
    3. Something which is offered or asked for in exchange for something else.
    4. A usually non-monetary exchange transaction, or series or process of exchange transactions.
    5. Sexual harassment in which a person in a workplace implicitly or explicitly requires sexual favours in exchange for something.

Example Sentences

  • The business deal was based on a clear quid pro quo: money for services rendered.
  • In politics, there's often an implicit understanding of quid pro quo between donors and candidates.
  • The company offered a salary increase as a quid pro quo for employees taking on additional responsibilities.
  • Negotiations stalled when both parties couldn't agree on a satisfactory quid pro quo.
  • The diplomat emphasized the importance of maintaining a balance of quid pro quo in international relations.

On this page you'll find 34 synonyms or another words to quid pro quo, such as: back-and-forth, bargain, bargaining, barter, commutation, deal, dealing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

back-and-forth

  • alternating
  • argument
  • argumentation
  • argy-bargy
  • backwards and forwards
  • bargain
  • bargaining
  • barter
  • bull session
  • chat
  • chat room
  • colloquy
  • commutation
  • confab
  • confabulation
  • conference
  • consult
  • consultancy
  • consultation
  • conversation
  • council
  • counsel
  • deal
  • dealing
  • debate
  • deliberation
  • dialog
  • dialogue
  • dicker
  • dickering
  • discourse
  • discussion
  • disquisition
  • exchange
  • forum
  • from pillar to post
  • from side to side
  • give-and-take
  • haggling
  • horse trade
  • horse trading
  • in and out
  • logrolling
  • meeting
  • negotiation
  • palaver
  • parley
  • pourparler
  • quid pro quo
  • rap
  • reciprocation
  • recompense
  • replacement
  • requital
  • roundtable
  • seesaw
  • seminar
  • skull practice
  • skull session
  • substitution
  • swap
  • symposium
  • talk
  • talkathon
  • to and fro
  • trade
  • trade-off
  • transaction
  • truck
  • up and down
  • vacillating
  • words

back-and-forths

  • argumentations
  • arguments
  • argy-bargies
  • bargains
  • barters
  • bull sessions
  • chat rooms
  • chats
  • colloquies
  • commutations
  • confabs
  • confabulations
  • conferences
  • consultancies
  • consultations
  • consults
  • conversations
  • councils
  • counsel
  • dealings
  • deals
  • debates
  • deliberations
  • dialogs
  • dialogues
  • dickers
  • discourses
  • discussions
  • disquisitions
  • exchanges
  • fora
  • forums
  • give-and-takes
  • horse trades
  • logrollings
  • meetings
  • negotiations
  • palavers
  • parleys
  • pourparlers
  • quid pro quos
  • raps
  • reciprocations
  • recompenses
  • replacements
  • requitals
  • round tables
  • roundtables
  • seminars
  • skull practices
  • skull sessions
  • substitutions
  • swaps
  • symposia
  • symposiums
  • talkathons
  • talks
  • trade-offs
  • trades
  • transactions
  • trucks
  • words

dealing

  • accomplishment
  • achievement
  • act
  • action
  • action towards
  • activity
  • administration
  • affair
  • alloting
  • allotment
  • angle
  • apportioning
  • apportionment
  • approach
  • arguing
  • assessment
  • assigning
  • attainment
  • attempt
  • auctioning
  • back-and-forth
  • bargain
  • bargaining
  • barter
  • bartering
  • behavior towards
  • bickering
  • black-marketing
  • bootlegging
  • business
  • buying
  • buying and selling
  • castling
  • chaffering
  • change
  • circulating
  • circulation
  • clashing
  • clientele
  • closeness
  • commerce
  • communication
  • communion
  • commutation
  • comparison shopping
  • conduct
  • connection
  • contract
  • conversion
  • cornering
  • correspondence
  • counterfeiting
  • countermeasure
  • countermove
  • counterstep
  • coup
  • course
  • crack
  • crime
  • custom
  • customers
  • cutting a deal
  • day-trading
  • deal
  • dealings
  • deed
  • delivery
  • dicker
  • dickering
  • diffusion
  • dispensation
  • dispersal
  • disposal
  • disposing
  • dissemination
  • dissipating
  • distributing
  • division
  • doing
  • doings
  • dole
  • economics
  • effort
  • employment
  • endeavor
  • engrossing
  • enterprise
  • essay
  • event
  • exchange
  • exchanging
  • execution
  • exertion
  • expedient
  • exploit
  • fair-trading
  • familiarity
  • feat
  • fencing
  • fighting
  • fling
  • go
  • goods
  • habit
  • haggling
  • handing out
  • handling
  • hassling
  • hawking
  • horse trade
  • horse trading
  • horse-trading
  • industry
  • initiative
  • interchange
  • intercourse
  • interdependence
  • interrelation
  • intimacy
  • investing
  • labor
  • line
  • logrolling
  • mailing
  • makeshift
  • management
  • manipulation
  • manner
  • market
  • marketing
  • means
  • measure
  • merchandising
  • merchandizing
  • merchantry
  • method
  • mode
  • modus operandi
  • monopolizing
  • moonshine
  • move
  • negotiating
  • negotiation
  • network
  • operation
  • pains
  • paltering
  • partition
  • partitioning
  • pass
  • patronage
  • peddling
  • picking up
  • piracy
  • plunder
  • poaching
  • practice
  • procedure
  • proceeding
  • process
  • processing
  • project
  • propagation
  • proposal
  • proposition
  • prorating
  • public
  • purchasing
  • quarreling
  • quarrelling
  • quibbling
  • quid pro quo
  • rationing
  • rearrangement
  • rebuying
  • reception
  • reciprocation
  • reciprocity
  • recompense
  • relations
  • relationship
  • replacement
  • requital
  • reselling
  • resort
  • resource
  • retailing
  • revision
  • rum-running
  • sales
  • scattering
  • selling
  • sharing
  • shift
  • shot
  • shuffle
  • shuffling
  • smuggling
  • soliciting
  • speculating
  • spreading
  • squabbling
  • stab
  • step
  • stopgap
  • strategy
  • stuff
  • substitution
  • success
  • supplanting
  • supplantment
  • supplying
  • swag
  • swap
  • swapping
  • switch
  • taking
  • theft
  • thing
  • tit for tat
  • trade
  • trade-off
  • trading
  • traffic
  • trafficking
  • transacting
  • transaction
  • transactions
  • transfer
  • transport
  • transportation
  • transposing
  • transposition
  • trial
  • triumph
  • trouble
  • truck
  • try
  • underselling
  • undertaking
  • usage
  • vending
  • violation
  • way
  • wetbacking
  • whack
  • wheeling and dealing
  • while
  • wholesaling
  • work
  • wrangling

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