单词 | lieu |
释义 | lieun. Place, ‘stead’. 1. In phrases. a. in (the) lieu of: in the place, room, or stead of (cf. instead adv. 1); in exchange or return for, as a payment, penalty, or reward for. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > in place of [preposition] in (the) lieu ofc1290 in the stead ofa1325 stead of14.. in the way ofa1475 in the room of1526 in (the) place of1533 in the roomth of1565 instead1667 vice1770 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > equality [phrase] > in return (for) in (the) lieu ofc1290 in return (for, of, or to)1588 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 237/620 And nouþe In liue of Aungele ane man ich i-seo. 1534 Acts 26 Hen. VIII c. 15 §2 Any other demaunde or duetie, in the name or lue of the same. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke Pref. 11 b In the lieu and place of Goddes innumerable, all their song..is now of Jesus Christe alone. 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Ciiv In lieu of their crueltie, they were plagued with this calamitie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 123 In lieu o' th' premises. View more context for this quotation 1620 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 239 I..am to paie him 3 tonnes of yron in lew of 40li. 1640 S. D'Ewes in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 166 Two subsidies granted in leiw of it. 1675 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1888) VI. Ordd. That £7 be paid unto the said Jane Watson in lue of her money and cloathes. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 82 He takes in those four Cards and lays out four others in their lieu. 1719 E. Young Busiris i. 8 I receive thee from the Gods, in lieu Of all that Happiness they ravish'd from me. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §101 A durable stone building in lieu of a perishable wooden one. 1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking ix. 195 The amount to be paid in lieu of stamp duty. 1891 Law Times 92 80/1 The plaintiff sued the defendant for a quarter's rent in lieu of notice. b. in lieu: used absol. = instead adv. 2. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > [adverb] in his steadc1230 in one's room1489 in the steada1525 by substitute1597 in lieu1599 instead1667 vicariously1868 rather1967 1599 in T. Fowler Hist. Corpus Christi Coll. (1893) 351 We thought that in Leu to recompense hereof..we might lawfully take part of the fine for ourselves. a1650 T. May Old Couple (1658) i. 2 Keep out the Sun, and do bestow in lieu A greater benefit, a safe concealment. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 334 God will not give us the thing we desire, but a better in lieu. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 231 Quit the gay range o' the world.., Enter, in lieu, the penitential pound. 2. Used without preceding preposition for: ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun] shipec1000 rightOE yielda1200 hire?c1225 foryieldinga1300 tithinga1300 rentc1300 lowera1325 guerdon?a1366 recompensationa1382 retributionc1384 reward?1387 reguerdona1393 rewardon?a1400 mercimonyc1400 pensionc1400 remunerationc1400 recompensec1425 wardonc1480 salary1484 premiationa1513 requital1556 repayment1561 requite1561 renumeration1572 remisea1578 lieu1592 reguerdonment1599 gratulation1611 muneration1611 requit1786 1592 L. Andrewes Wonderfull Combate vi. f. 81v One would thinke it a verie large offer, to giue so great a liewe for so small a seruice. b. Stead, room. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > appointed to or usually occupied by a person or thing steadc888 seatc1275 placea1375 pewc1400 roomc1450 quarterc1550 instalment1589 tenement1592 berth1816 kennel1853 lieua1859 a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. xlvi. 807 A fungible or representable thing is a thing whose place, lieu or room may be supplied by a thing of the same kind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1290 |
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