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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LIEU, n. [L. locus, Eng. ley or lea. See Ley.]
Place; room; stead. It is used only with in. Let me have gold in lieu of silver. In lieu of fashionable honor, let justice by substituted.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English liue, from Anglo-French liu, lieu, from Latin locus — more at stall Date: 14th century archaic place, stead

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Phrases and idioms: in lieu 1 instead. 2 (foll. by of) in the place of. Etymology: ME f. F f. L locus place

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance. (FORMAL) He left what little furniture he owned to his landlord in lieu of rent. PREP-PHRASE 2. If you do, get, or give something in lieu, you do, get, or give it instead of something else, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance. (mainly BRIT FORMAL) ...an increased salary or time off in lieu. PHRASE

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Fr.] Place, room, stead.

Moby Thesaurus

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