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

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) Venetan: invése, invéze, inveẑe (vec) Vietnamese: thay vì (vi)

See also

• rather than
• stand in
• substitute