lieu (redirected from in lieu of)

lieu  (l)

n. Archaic

Place; stead.

Idiom:

in lieu of

In place of; instead of.

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[French, from Old French, from Latin locus.]

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lieu [ljuː luː]

n

stead; place (esp in the phrases in lieu, in lieu of)

[from Old French, ultimately from Latin locus place]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lieu - the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" stead, place, position role, function, office, part - the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role" behalf - as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client";

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lieu

noun

in lieu of instead of, in place of He left his furniture to his landlord in lieu of rent.

Translations

lieu [luː] N in lieu of → en lugar de, en vez de

lieu [ˈluː] n
in lieu of prep → en lieu et place de

lieu

n (form) money in lieu → stattdessen Geld; in lieu of X → anstelle von X; in lieu of that → stattdessen; I work weekends and get time off in lieu (esp Brit) → ich arbeite an Wochenenden und kann mir dafür (an anderen Tagen) freinehmen

lieu [luː] n in lieu of → invece di, al posto di

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lieu [luː] n in lieu of → invece di, al posto di