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–noun
1. the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
2. Obsolete. a place or locality.
–verb (used with object)
3. to be of service, advantage, or avail to.
—Idiom
4. stand in good stead, to be useful to, esp. in a critical situation: Your experience will stand you in good stead.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME, OE stede; c. G Stätte place; akin to G Stadt, ON stathr, Goth staths, Gk stásis (see stasis ); (v.) ME steden, deriv. of the n.
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Word Origin & History

stead 
O.E. stede "place, position, standing, delay," related to standan "to stand," from P.Gmc. *stadiz (cf. O.S. stedi, O.N. staðr, Swed. stad, Du. stede "place," O.H.G. stat, Ger. Stadt "town," Goth. staþs "place"), from PIE *stetis-, from base *ste-/*sta- "to stand" (see stet). Now chiefly in compounds or phrases. Steadfast is from O.E. stedefæst "secure in position," from stede + fæst "firmly fixed" (see fast).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

stand in good stead

Be extremely useful, as in That umbrella stood me in good stead on our trip; it rained every day. [c. 1300]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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