quid pro quo
noun [C] formalDefinition
› something that you give to someone in return for them giving something back to you: a quid pro quo for sth It's all legal as long as contributions aren't a quid pro quo for political favors.
(Definition of quid pro quo noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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