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in lieu

/ɪn.l(j)uː/

in lieu adverb: instead; in place.

Adverb

in lieu (not comparable)

  1. Instead; in place.
    • time off in lieu (of overtime pay)
    • paid in lieu as liquidated damages

in lieu meaning in Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam and Arabic

in lieu in Bengali

পরিবর্তে, স্থলে

in lieu in Telugu

instead (of); in place (of)
బదులుగా badulugā, మారుగా mārugā

in lieu in Malayalam

instead (of); in place (of)
പകരം pakaraṁ, ബദൽ badal

in lieu in Arabic

instead (of); in place (of)
بَدَلًا مِن badalan min
More languagesFewer languages
in lieu in Vietnamese
thay vì

Origin of in lieu

Shortening of in lieu of (something).

Words formed from in lieu

Questions about in lieu

What does in lieu mean?
In lieu means instead; in place.
What is in lieu in Bengali?
In lieu in Bengali is পরিবর্তে, স্থলে. See In lieu meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is in lieu?
In lieu is an adverb.
How do you pronounce in lieu?
In lieu is pronounced /ɪn.l(j)uː/.

Words near in lieu in the dictionary

  1. in league with
  2. in leash
  3. in length
  4. in lesbians
  5. in less than no time
  6. in lieu
  7. in lieu of
  8. in light of
  9. in like a lion, out like a lamb
  10. in like Flynn
  11. in like wise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in lieu (page history and authors); in lieu (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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