quid

n.
A cut, as of chewing tobacco.

[Middle English quide, cud, from Old English cwidu.]

quid² (kwĭd)
n. Chiefly British, pl., quid, or quids.
A pound sterling.

[Possibly from Latin, something, what. See quiddity.]

British slang for one pound currency unit.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence
  Synonyms: British pound, pound, pound sterling

Meaning #2: a wad of something chewable as tobacco
  Synonyms: chew, chaw, cud, plug, wad

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - pund (Sterling)

idioms:

• quids in    have sit på det tørre

2.
n. - skrå(tobak)

3.

idioms:

• quid pro quo    noget for noget

Nederlands (Dutch)
pond

Français (French)
1.
n. - (GB) livre sterling

idioms:

• quids in    (GB) (être) dans une situation très favorable/très avantageuse (fam)

2.
n. - chique

3.

idioms:

• quid pro quo    équivalent, compensation, (Écon) contrepartie

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Pfund

idioms:

• quids in    auf sein Geld gekommen

2.
n. - Priem

3.

idioms:

• quid pro quo    Gegenleistung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Βρετ., καθομ.) λίρα στερλίνα

idioms:

• quid pro quo    αντάλλαγμα, ανταπόδοση, αντιπαροχή
• quids in    κερδισμένος

Italiano (Italian)
sterlina

idioms:

• quid pro quo    una cosa per l'altra
• quids in    danaroso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fumo de mascar (m)

idioms:

• quid pro quo    equívoco
• quids in    com lucro

Русский (Russian)
фунт

idioms:

• quid pro quo    услуга за услугу
• quids in    в положении получить выгоду

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - libra esterlina

idioms:

• quids in    sacar ganancia, ganar la apuesta

2.
n. - mascada de tabaco, tabaco para mascar

3.

idioms:

• quid pro quo    retribución

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pund (sl.), tuggbuss

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 一镑金币, 钱

idioms:

• quid pro quo    赔偿, 报复
• quids in    有很多钱, 处境好, 运气好

2. 一口

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 一鎊金幣, 錢

idioms:

• quid pro quo    賠償, 報復
• quids in    有很多錢, 處境好, 運氣好

2.
n. - 一口

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 1파운드 금화, 소브린화, 1파운드 지폐

idioms:

• quids in    제대로 잘 하고 있다, 더할 나위 없다

2.
n. - 씹는 담배

3.

idioms:

• quid pro quo    대상[물], 보복, 응분의 대상

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 1ポンド, 1かみ

idioms:

• quid pro quo    代償, 相当物
• quids in    首尾よくやる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ليرة استرلينيه, جنيه, قطعه من تبغ المضغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לירה שטרלינג (בריטניה)‬
n. - ‮פיסת טבק-לעיסה‬
quid pro quo - ‮דבר תמורת דבר, טובה תחת טובה, תחליף‬

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