Quid
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Quid has various meanings:
- A pound sterling (£), in British slang, possibly derived from the Royal mint at Quidhampton, Wiltshire, England, but more likely from the Latin phrase 'Quid pro quo' (This for that) meaning an exchange of goods.
- A euro (€), in Irish slang[citation needed]
- An Irish punt or Australian pound (no longer issued)
- Quid (encyclopedia), a French encyclopedia
- Quantitative Ingredient Declaration (QUID) On Food Labelling
- An abbreviation of the Latin "tertium quid", meaning "third party" and used to denote an anti-Madison part of the Democratic-Republican Party of the United States between 1805 and 1811
- Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination
- Quidding, a dental problem sometimes found in horses where the animal drops partially chewed food while chewing, or chews with the mouth open