The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word QUIDS
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What does QUIDS mean?
QUIDS noun- The inherent nature of something.
- A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (from tertium quid).
- A sovereign or guinea.
- Pound sterling.
- Pound (before the 1966 currency change)
- Pound, punt
- Euro
- A piece of chewing tobacco.
- The act of chewing such tobacco