Meaning & use
quid
A British informal word for one pound sterling.
See it in a sentence
Could you lend me a couple of quid until payday?
The sandwich cost about five quid at the shop near the station.
A note on using this word
Quid is invariable in the plural, so 'twenty quid' is correct, not 'twenty quids'.
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