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lieu

–noun

1.	place; stead.

—Idiom

2.	in lieu of, in place of; instead of: He gave us an IOU in lieu of cash.

[Origin: 1250–1300; < MF < L locus place; r. ME liue < OF liu < L; see locus

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n. Archaic
Place; stead.

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

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
lieu

c.1290, from O.Fr. lieu "place," from O.Fr. leu, from L. locum (nom. locus) "place."

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lieu
noun
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.

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