in lieu of

English

Partial calque of French au lieu de.

Instead of; in place of.
They gave him a cash award, in lieu of the promised prize package.
(proscribed) In light of.
In lieu of recent events, more caution is needed.

Using it to mean in light of is etymologically incorrect (it is literally in place of), and thus considered an error.[1]

instead; in place of; as a substitute for

Arabic: بَدَلًا مِن (badalan min)
Egyptian Arabic: بدل ما (badal ma)
Catalan: en comptes de
Chinese:
Mandarin: 代替 (zh) (dàitì)
Czech: namísto (cs), místo (cs)
Danish: i stedet for
Dutch: in plaats van (nl)
Finnish: jonkin sijasta, jonkin sijaan, jonkin asemesta, jonkin tilalla, jonkin tilalle
French: au lieu de (fr)
Georgian: ნაცვლად (nacvlad), მაგივრად (magivrad)
German: anstelle von, anstelle (de) (+ genitive)
Ingrian: mesto
Korean: 대신 (ko) (daesin)
Polish: zamiast (pl) (+ genitive), w miejsce (+ genitive)
Portuguese: no lugar de, ao invés de (pt), invés de, em vez de (pt)
Romanian: în loc de
Russian: вме́сто (ru) (vmésto)
Slovak: namiesto
Spanish: en vez de
Swedish: i stället för
Tagalog: sa halip na
Turkish: yerine (tr)
Vietnamese: thay vì (vi)

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