lieu Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
    position; stead; place.
    • can you go in my stead?
    • took his place
    • in lieu of

WordNet

Lieu noun
Etymology
F., OF. also liu, leu, lou, fr. L. locus place. See Local, Locus.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913