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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lieu
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In some instances an interview with a nutritionist will be desirable in addition to or in lieu of laboratory studies.
▪ Isiah Chestnut, has been discharged in lieu of a court-martial.
▪ It pays 5 percent of income to its seven customer states in lieu of taxes.
▪ James was held in lieu of $ 100,000 bail.
▪ When I go on trips, I consider sending her menus in lieu of postcards.
▪ When that happens, police have to cancel leave, pay overtime rates and give officers a lieu day.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lieu

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lieu

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

Wiktionary
lieu

n. See in lieu or in lieu of.

WordNet
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]

Wikipedia
Lieu

Lieu is French for a length, location, or a place.

In lieu of comes from the French expression au lieu de and means in place of or instead of.

'''Lieu may also refer to:

  • Le Lieu, a municipality in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Usage examples of "lieu".

In France these Psyllium seeds, given in a dessertspoonful dose, are widely prescribed as a laxative in lieu of mineral aperient waters, or the morning Seidlitz.

Chancellor announced that each inceptor would be required to pay the ordinary fee of thirty shillings and a pair of buckskin gloves for each bedel, or, in lieu of gloves, five shillings to be divided among the bedels.

Reuchlin may be counted among the bibliophiles, since he refused a large sum from the Emperor in lieu of a Hebrew Bible.

The faggots put on a fine show, marching like legionnaires in the quick-step, centurions to the fore and levites to the rear, and even a leafy twig aloft in lieu of an eagle.

Sous ma fenetre, des barques amarrees au bord du chenal portent a leur mat, au lieu de voilure, des filets qui sechent.

Michel-Archange, qui lance et retint la foudre et se plait sur les hauts lieux.

This time the performance of the minstrels had been more boisterous than before, with tambourines and drums in lieu of gittern and lute.

This afternoon he had humbled himself with Angelique and cajoled and begged and pleaded and menaced until she had given him a brooch in lieu of money.

Celui-ci et ses compagnons, qui auraient du traiter avec un grand respect un tel hote, commencerent au contraire a tenir audacieusement, avec le juge du lieu, des propos inconvenants et deshonnetes.

La congestion se portant sur tout aux parties saillantes, moites de sang, le jaillissement campait toujours la lettre en cause sur le lieu atteint.

While the bill, formed on this resolution, was in embryo, a petition was presented to the house by the brewers of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent, representing, that, when the resolution passed, the price of malt, which was before too high, immediately rose to such a degree, that the petitioners found themselves utterly incapable of carrying on business at the price malt then bore, occasioned, as they conceived, from an apprehension of the necessity the distillers would be under to make use of the best pale malt, and substitute the best barley in lieu of wheat: that, in such a case, the markets would not be able to supply a sufficient quantity of barley for the demands of both professions, besides other necesssary uses: they therefore prayed, that, in regard to the public revenue, to which the trade of the petitioners so largely contributed, proper measures might be taken for preventing the public loss, and relieving their particular distress.

It would clearly be in the interests of all concerned if this action were to be settled promptly and my client has accordingly been advised that the sum of four thousand pula will be acceptable to him in lieu of court-awarded damages.

Et ce fut toujours en vain que, dans la suite, de semblables tentatives eurent lieu derechef.

Apres un bonjour echange, il se remit en marche, et, au lieu de continuer la grande route, prit le vieux chemin qui montait droit a la colline.

Si, au lieu de vouloir desheriter son fils, il avait voulu desheriter son frere, quelle valeur pouvait-on attribuer a toutes les suppositions qui reposaient sur la premiere hypothese?