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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.
   [1913 Webster]

         The plan of extortion had been adopted in lieu of the
         scheme of confiscation.                  --Burke.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]