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# quid

«quid» in Mova's school dictionary: **A pound in money (£1)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a quid, plural quid — informal UK, Ireland); noun (a quid, quids — a lump of chewing tobacco)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, UK, Ireland) A pound in money (£1). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quid/#m1)

2) (rare) A piece of tobacco chewed in the mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quid/#m2)

3) (UK informal) «Quids in»: making a profit or being lucky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quid/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday British and Irish slang for money: «it costs five quid». Appears in real-speech maths problems: «20 quid» means £20. Phrases: «a quid», «ten quid», «quids in», «not short of a quid» (rich, Australian).

### examples

- Can you lend me a quid? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quid/#x1)
- The ticket costs ten quid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quid/#x2)
- I found five quid in my coat pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quid/#x3)
- Mum gave me 20 quid and I spent 12, so I had 8 quid left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quid/#x4)
- If we sell all the cakes, we'll be quids in! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quid/#x5)
- That's two quid for a bag of crisps — too much! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quid/#x6)

### note

Informal (slang), not for exams or formal letters. Plural is usually also «quid»: «five quid», NOT «five quids». In maths: 1 quid = 1 pound (£1) = 100 pence; «a couple of quid» = about £2.

### In the corpora

- ["Not the full quid" (Australian slang) means not very clever or a bit mad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.