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Old 08-30-2010, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Itchybottom [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Quid pro quo is so abused, I think you mean do ut des.
After reading the formal definitions of both phrases, I don't think either really expresses what I was after--some kind of indebtedness for a past gift. A gift is a gift, not an obligation. I should have avoided the Latin and stand corrected.