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lieu
[
loo
]
Origin
lieu
/
lu
/
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[
loo
]
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noun
1.
place; stead.
Idiom
2.
in lieu of,
in place of; instead of:
He gave us an IOU in lieu of cash.
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Origin:
1250–1300;
<
Middle French
<
Latin
locus
place; replacing
Middle English
liue
<
Old French
liu
<
Latin;
see
locus
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lieu
(ljuː, luː)
—
n
stead; place (esp in the phrases
in lieu, in lieu of
)
[C13: from Old French, ultimately from Latin
locus
place]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
lieu
late 13c., from O.Fr. lieu "place," from O.Fr. leu, from L. locum (nom. locus) "place."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases
lieu
see under
instead of
.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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