quid

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quid /kwɪd/ noun (plural quid) [countableC] British EnglishBrE informal

1 PECone pound in money 一英镑

She earns at least 600 quid a week.

她每周至少挣600英镑。

2 be quids in informal PROFITto make a good profit 赚大钱

If this deal comes off, we’ll be quids in.

如果这笔交易成功，我们会大赚一笔。

Examples from the Corpus

quid• I have, as it happens, a 1,000 rouble note, worth around a quid at yesterday's prices.• Maybe eighty quid a week coming in.• I have it at home and can well understand why Carmody passed fifty quid under the table to keep Graham quiet.• The bruiser wouldn't have been promised a reward of twenty quid otherwise.

From Longman Business Dictionary

quidquid /kwɪd/ noun (plural quid) [countableC] British EnglishBrE informal

1one pound in British money

2be quids in to make a profit, especially a large one

We’ll be quids in if we get this contract.

Origin quid

(1600-1700) Perhaps from Latin what “what, something”

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