Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lieu"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lieu
n : the function or position properly or customarily occupied or
served by another: "can you go in my stead?"; "took his
place"; "in lieu of" [syn: {stead}, {position}, {place}]
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