lieu
[loo]
- place; stead.
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- in lieu of, in place of; instead of: He gave us an IOU in lieu of cash.
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Origin of lieu
1250–1300; < Middle French < Latin locus place; replacing Middle English liue < Old French liu < Latin; see locus
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lieu
- stead; place (esp in the phrases in lieu, in lieu of)
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Word Origin
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."
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Idioms and Phrases with in lieu of
in lieu of
see instead of.
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lieu
see under instead of.
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