"Empowering Advanced Learners of English in Business and Academia - TOEFL / ESL / EFL"
Definition
A favor done in return for a favor. A mutual exchange of services or cash.
Context : Politics
Category: Idiom
Semantic: favor, reciprocity
Quid pro quo is Latin for "something for something".
Usage of “quid pro quo”
The senator's support for the new legislation is quid pro quo for campaign contributions.