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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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



The 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.
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         The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu of the
         scheme of confiscation.                  --Burke.
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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