Quid

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.3 See also 2 Latin 3 Spanish 3.1 Noun

English

Noun

quid (plural quids)

1. A piece of tobacco for chewing.

Noun

quid (plural quid except in the phrase quids in)

1. (British colloquial) Pound sterling.

   Five quid for a sandwich? You're having a laugh!

2. (Australian colloquial) pound (before the 1966 currency change)
3. (Irish colloquial) pound, punt, euro

Synonyms

• (pound sterling):
  • (standard English): pound, pound sterling
  • (slang): nicker, sov

Derived terms

• quids in

See also

• bob
• buck
• dime
• nickel
• quarter
• Quidditch
• trey
• zac

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Latin

quid n

1. (conjunction) "Why" or "what".
2. (interrogative pronoun) Neuter of quis.

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Spanish

Noun

quid m

1. gist; point; cruxla:quid

pt:quid zh:quid