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Dutch
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Adverb
c.q.
- Abbreviation of casu quo (“(or) in which case, (or) if that be the case”).
- De directeur c.q. de secretaris kan het contract ondertekenen
- The director or, in his absence, the secretary can sign the contract
- also used, technically incorrectly, to mean 'or', 'or else', 'in particular'[1]:
- Kan ik u koffie c.q. thee aanbieden?
- May I offer you coffee, or else tea?
- Ik drink soms alcohol c.q. jenever.
- Sometimes I drink alcohol, in that case, jenever.
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