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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Quid pro quo
The two warring factions in the BCCI seem to have decided to yield an inch to each other.
Facing the heat of an intense probe but enjoying the backing of most IPL owners, embattled IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has dropped plans to move court against the Monday meeting of the IPL Governing Council.
In a quid pro quo, it is learnt Lalit Modi might not be suspended and continue as the BCCI vice-president. BCCI chief Shashank Manohar, in turn, will take over as the interim IPL chief.
Source : http://freepressjournal.in/FPJ/FPJ/2010/04/24/ArticleHtmls/24_04_2010_001_018.shtml?Mode=1
Please explain to me what "quid pro quo" means in this context.
Though I know in general it means "something that is given to a person in return for something they have done".
Facing the heat of an intense probe but enjoying the backing of most IPL owners, embattled IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has dropped plans to move court against the Monday meeting of the IPL Governing Council.
In a quid pro quo, it is learnt Lalit Modi might not be suspended and continue as the BCCI vice-president. BCCI chief Shashank Manohar, in turn, will take over as the interim IPL chief.
Source : http://freepressjournal.in/FPJ/FPJ/2010/04/24/ArticleHtmls/24_04_2010_001_018.shtml?Mode=1
Please explain to me what "quid pro quo" means in this context.
Though I know in general it means "something that is given to a person in return for something they have done".
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User_gary Though I know in general it means "something that is given to a person in return for something they have done". You've answered your own question!
- User_gary Though I know in general it means "something that is given to a person in return for something they have done".
- You've answered your own question!
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User_garyYou've answered your own question!
Though I know in general it means "something that is given to a person in return for something they have done".
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Sometimes the French word quiproquo (mistaken identity) is confused with the Latin phrase quid pro quo (this for that). This could be a case where the phrase is mistakenly for the french word (in a quiproquo? XD).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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