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lieu

[loo]
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noun

place; stead.

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RELATED WORDS

willingly, sooner, first, alternately, alternatively

Nearby words

  1. liepāja,
  2. lier,
  3. lierne,
  4. liestal,
  5. lietuva,
  6. lieut,
  7. lieut.,
  8. lieut. col.,
  9. lieut. comdr.,
  10. lieutenancy

Idioms

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

Origin of lieu

1250–1300; < Middle French < Latin locus place; replacing Middle English liue < Old French liu < Latin; see locus
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British Dictionary definitions for in lieu of

lieu

noun

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

Word Origin for lieu

C13: from Old French, ultimately from Latin locus place
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Word Origin and History for in lieu of

lieu

late 13c., from Old French lieu "place, position, situation, rank," from Latin locum (nominative locus) "place."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with in lieu of

in lieu of

see instead of.

lieu

see under instead of.

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