in lieu

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪn.luː/

Adverb

in lieu (not comparable)

1. instead; in place

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

Related terms

• in lieu of

Translations

• French: au lieu de, à la place de
• German: anstelle, anstatt, statt
• Italian: al posto di
• Portuguese: ao invés de
• Russian: вме́сто
• Spanish: en lugar de, en vez de

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