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Quo

//kwoʊ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Paired with quid, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something given in exchange for something else.

    "[…]; but what is the quo for which they ought to give the quid? you say they ought to give a quid pro quo; what is the quo? […]; the quo there was the taking up of the streets? […]; did not they give you a pretty handsome quid for the quo there?"

Verb
  1. 1
    quoth obsolete, transitive

Etymology

See quoth.

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