lieu

4 definitions found

lieu - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu of the
           scheme of confiscation.                  --Burke.
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lieu - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lieu
      n 1: the post or function properly or customarily occupied or
           served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his
           place"; "in lieu of" [syn: stead, position, place,
           lieu]

lieu - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  LIEU, place. In lieu of, instead, in the place of.
  
  

lieu - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "lieu":
     abode, area, bearings, bench mark, district, emplacement, hole,
     latitude and longitude, locale, locality, location, locus,
     pinpoint, place, placement, point, position, region, site,
     situation, situs, spot, stead, whereabout, whereabouts