'Get a few quid' perhaps, but never 'receive quid'. I think I'm safe in saying that this copy wasn't written by a native British English speaker.
In fact, Google gives only 576 results for "Receive Quid" (and almost all of those follow their 'quid' with a 'pro quo').
Unfortunately, the ad changed before I thought to click on it - and no matter how many times I refresh StatCounter it won't come back. So I'll probably never find out how to receive quid from the government.
I wouldn't know what to do with 11,286 quids anyway.
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Here's another from the same school, which I've seen popping up countless times: ONE TIP OF A FLAT [or even worse, TINY] BELLY. No native speaker would ever come out with that. Anyway how can it have a tip if it's flat?
And houldn't it be "an" 11,287-pound check?
errr, cheque. Sorry!
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