quid pro quo
C1CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
FormalRegister
General phrase
A favour or concession granted in return for something of comparable value.
The visa concessions were plainly a quid pro quo for the trade access the other side had sought.
Business noun
A favor or advantage granted in exchange for something in return.
There was an unspoken quid pro quo: we ease the terms, they name us preferred supplier.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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