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Quid pro quo

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Quid pro quo (Latin: "something for something" is a Latin phrase used in English to mean an exchange of goods or services, in which one transfer is contingent upon the other; "a favor for a favor". Phrases with similar meanings include: "give and take", "tit for tat", "you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours", and "one hand washes the other". Other languages use other phrases for the same purpose.

Origins
The Latin phrase quid pro quo originally implied that something had been substituted, meaning "something for something" as in I gave you sugar for salt. Early usage by English speakers followed the original Latin meaning, with occurrences in the 1530s where the term referred to substituting one medicine for another, whether unintentionally or fraudulently. By the end of the same century, quid pro quo evolved into a more current use to describe equivalent exchanges.

In 1654, the expression quid pro quo was used to generally refer to something done for personal gain or with the expectation of reciprocity in the text The Reign of King Charles: An History Disposed into Annalls, with a somewhat positive connotation. It refers to the covenant with Christ as something "that prove not a nudum pactum, a naked contract, without quid pro quo." Believers in Christ have to do their part in return, namely "foresake the devil and all his works".

Quid pro quo would go on to be used, by English speakers in legal and diplomatic contexts, as an exchange of equally valued goods or services and continues to be today.

The Latin phrase corresponding to the English usage of quid pro quo is do ut des (Latin for "I give, so that you may give").[8] Other languages continue to use do ut des for this purpose, while quid pro quo (or its equivalent qui pro quo, as widely used in Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese) still keeps its original meaning of something being unwittingly mistaken, or erroneously told or understood, instead of something else.


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Squid Game

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This article is about the Netflix television series. For the Korean children's game, see Squid (game). For the video game, see Squids (video game).
Squid Game

Squid Game is a South Korean television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. Its cast includes Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi and Kim Joo-ryoung.

The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of deadly children's games for the chance to win a ;45.6 billion prize. The series' title draws from a similarly named Korean children's game. Hwang conceived the idea based on his own economic struggles, as well as the class disparity in South Korea and capitalism. Though he wrote the story in 2009, Hwang could not find a production company to fund the idea until Netflix took an interest around 2019 as part of a drive to expand their foreign programming offerings.

Squid Game was released worldwide on September 17, 2021, to critical acclaim and international attention. It became Netflix's most-watched series and the most-watched program in 94 countries, attracting more than 142 million member households and 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first four weeks, surpassing Bridgerton as the service's most-watched show. It has received numerous accolades, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for O Yeong-su, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for Lee Jung-jae and HoYeon Jung, respectively; all three were also the first Korean actors to win in those categories. The first season received 14 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, making it the first non-English-language work to be nominated in this category; Lee won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, the first time an Asian actor won the award for a non-English part.

A second season was officially announced in June 2022, along with a reality competition series titled Squid Game: The Challenge. Production for the second season began in July 2023, and expected to broadcast in 2024.

Plot
Seong Gi-hun, a divorced father and indebted gambler who lives with his elderly mother, is invited to play a series of children's games for a chance at a large cash prize. Accepting the offer, he is taken to an unknown location where he finds himself among 455 other players who are all in deep financial trouble. The players are made to wear green tracksuits and are kept under watch at all times by masked guards in pink jumpsuits, with the games overseen by the Front Man, who wears a black mask and black uniform. The players soon discover that losing a game results in their deaths, with each death contributing ;100 million to the potential ;45.6 billion grand prize.[a][b] Gi-hun allies with other players, including his childhood friend Cho Sang-woo and North Korean defector Kang Sae-byeok, to try to survive the games' physical and psychological twists.


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Quid pro quo (lateinisch fuer „dies f;r das“) ist ein Rechtsgrundsatz und oekonomisches Prinzip, nach dem eine Person, die etwas gibt, dafuer eine angemessene Gegenleistung erhalten soll. Vergleichbar ist es mit den ebenfalls lateinischen Sprichwoertern manus manum lavat („Eine Hand waescht die andere“) und do ut des („Ich gebe, damit du gibst“).

Verschiedene Verwendungen
Quid pro quo wird in der Soziologie und der Spieltheorie als Erklaerungsansatz herangezogen, um kooperatives Verhalten bei Egoisten zu erklaeren (vgl. Homo oeconomicus).

Quidproquo (quid pro quo?, woertlich „Was fuer wen?“) bedeutet auch das versehentliche Vertauschen zweier Dinge und Quiproquo („Wer fuer wen?“) die Verwechslung zweier Personen.

Quid pro quo wurde ebenfalls in der Pharmazie als Terminus verwendet, um die Moeglichkeit des Apothekers zum Ausdruck zu bringen, gewisse Komponenten einer Zubereitung durch andere zu ersetzen, zu substituieren. Eine solche Substitution war bereits im Mittelalter bekannt und im medizinischen Schrifttum – etwa im Lorscher Arzneibuch und im Circa instans – wurden entsprechende Ersatzmittel auch publiziert.