English
Etymology
Shortening of in lieu of (something)
Pronunciation
Adverb
in lieu (not comparable)
- instead; in place
- time off in lieu (of overtime pay)
- paid in lieu as liquidated damages
Derived 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)
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