lieu
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—Idiom
| 1. | place; stead. |
| 2. | in lieu of, in place of; instead of: He gave us an IOU in lieu of cash. |
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Lieu
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n. Archaic Place; stead. [French, from Old French, from Latin locus.] |
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lieu
c.1290, from O.Fr. lieu "place," from O.Fr. leu, from L. locum (nom. locus) "place."
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| lieu | |
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| the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" [syn: stead] |
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Lieu
Lieu\ (l[=u]), n. [F., OF. also liu, leu, lou, fr. L. locus place. See Local, Locus.] Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of. The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu of the scheme of confiscation. --Burke.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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