British money question?

Question

I watch a British show here in the states, and sometimes they say "Pounds" and other times they say "quid". What is the difference??

Answer 1

Quid is just slang for pounds, I don't know the origins of where quid comes from but the answer to your question is that there is no difference.

Answer 2

"Quid" is slang.

The slang money expression 'quid' seems first to have appeared in late 1600s England, derived from Latin (quid meaning 'what', as in 'quid pro quo' - 'something for something else').

In the US you have the same principle with Dollars and "bucks".

Answer 3

They're the same thing, quid is slang for a pound