in lieu

English

Etymology

From French au lieu ← Latin locus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪn.luː/

Adverb

in lieu (of) (not comparable)

1. instead (of); in place (of)

   The paintings were left to the nation by the Duke of Norfolk in lieu of inheritance taxes.

Related terms

• substitute
• rather than
• stand in

Translations

instead (of); in place (of)

Czech: místo (cs) Esperanto: anstataŭ (eo) Finnish: jonkin sijasta, jonkin asemesta, jonkin asemasta French: au lieu de (fr) German: anstelle (de), anstatt (de), statt (de) Hebrew: במקום (he) Hungarian: helyett (hu)

Icelandic: í stað (is) Portuguese: ao invés de (pt) Romanian: in loc (de) Russian: вместо (ru) Swedish: i stället (för) Telugu: బదులుగా (badulugaa), మారుగా (maarugaa)