in lieu

English

Etymology

Shortening of in lieu of (something)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.l(j)uː/

Adverb

in lieu (not comparable)

1. instead; in place

   time off in lieu (of overtime pay)

   paid in lieu as liquidated damages

   in-lieu fees (in lieu of taxes or compliance with a law or regulation)

Derived terms

• in-lieu-fee
• TOIL (“acronym of time off in lieu”)

Related terms

• PILON (“payment in lieu of notice”)
• PILOT (“payment in lieu of taxes”)

Translations

instead (of); in place (of)

• Catalan: en comptes de, en lloc de (ca)
• Czech: místo (cs)
• Danish: i stedet
• Esperanto: anstataŭ (eo)
• Finnish: sijasta (fi), asemesta (fi), asemasta (fi)
• French: au lieu de (fr), à la place de (fr)
• German: anstelle (de), anstatt (de), statt (de)
• Greek: αντί (el) (antí)
• Hebrew: במקום (bimkóm)
• Hungarian: helyett (hu)
• Icelandic: í stað
• Italian: al posto di
• Malayalam: പകരം (ml) (pakaraṁ), ബദൽ (ml) (badal)
• Portuguese: em vez de (pt)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} in loc (de) (ro)
• Russian: вме́сто (ru) (vmésto)
• Spanish: en lugar de (es), en vez de
• Swedish: i stället (för) (sv)
• Telugu: బదులుగా (te) (badulugā), మారుగా (te) (mārugā)
• Venetian: invése, invéze, inveẑe (vec)
• Vietnamese: thay vì (vi)

See also

• rather than
• stand in
• substitute