lieu

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   instead of

   I gave them a check in lieu of cash.

2. 2
   noun

   A place or stead.

Borrowed from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”). Doublet of locus. Attested earlier and in Middle English only as part of the partially calqued phrase in lieu of.

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