quid

quid
    n 1: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern
         Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn: {British pound}, {pound},
         {British pound sterling}, {pound sterling}, {quid}]
    2: something for something; that which a party receives (or is
       promised) in return for something he does or gives or
       promises [syn: {quid pro quo}, {quid}]
    3: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: {chew}, {chaw},
       {cud}, {quid}, {plug}, {wad}]
    

Quid \Quid\, n. [See {Cud}.]
   A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of
   tobacco.
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Quid \Quid\ (kw[i^]d), n.; pl. {quid}. [Etym. uncertain.]
   An English coin, a sovereign. [Slang, Eng.]
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

         They invited him to come to-morrow, . . . and bring
         half a quid with him.                    --Charles
                                                  Reade.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

Quid \Quid\, v. t. (Man.)
   To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; --
   said of horses. --Youatt.
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89 Moby Thesaurus words for "quid":
      axiom, bawbee, bite, bolus, cavendish, center, champ, chaw, chew,
      chewing tobacco, chomp, core, crown, cud, cut plug, dollar,
      eating tobacco, elixir, essence, essential, farthing, fid, fiver,
      florin, flower, focus, fourpence, fourpenny, fundamental, gist,
      gnash, gob, gravamen, groat, guinea, half crown, half dollar,
      halfpenny, heart, hypostasis, inner essence, kernel, mag, marrow,
      meat, meg, mite, monkey, morsel, mouthful, munch, navy, navy plug,
      new pence, nibble, nip, np, nub, nucleus, nuts and bolts, p, pence,
      penny, pigtail, pith, pony, postulate, pound, principle, quiddity,
      quintessence, sap, shilling, sixpence, snap, soul, spirit, stuff,
      substance, swallow, tenner, the nitty-gritty, threepence,
      threepenny bit, thrippence, tobacco juice, tuppence, twist,
      twopence