a quo
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So, basically, a quid and a quo but not a pro.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2019
The U.S. attorney saw double — a quid and a quo.
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2015
While the negotiations go on, Nixon obviously has nothing to gain by trumpeting his quids before the other side can respond with a quo or two.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aut a quo malo se liberari orant nisi maxime de corpore mortis huius?... de vitiis carnalibus, unde non liberatur homo sine gratiâ Salvatoris....
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
In creation there is no real and positive terminus a quo; in annihilation there is no real and positive terminus ad quem; these therefore are not changes in the proper sense of the term.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
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