The farmer gave me his best pig in lieu of a month's pay.
The company remunerated their spokesman. It was difficult to remunerate the sports star. There was no way to remunerate the star. I was remunerated for my quote in the company brochure.
"Lieu" in French delivery documents means "location" or "place" where the delivery is to be made. It refers to the specific address or destination where the package or goods are being delivered.
When lawyers write "in lieu," they typically mean "in place of" or "instead of." It indicates that something is being done as a substitute or alternative for something else.
"In lieu of" means "instead of" or "in replacement of."
" The boy complained about having to use complained in a sentence."
The workers were offered an extra day of holidays in lieu of a pay increase. He worked the bank holiday Monday so he will be entitled to a day in lieu of that.
I would prefer a nice warm handshake in lieu of a kiss, sir.
Will you accept my mowing your lawn in lieu of cash?
In lieu of going to the beach, Brenda and her friends decided to go to the movies.
"In lieu" means in place of or instead of. The sentence would read, " Instead of a babysitter...."
'In lieu of my absence' is a phrase, not a sentence. As a phrase, it is grammatically correct, and could form part of a sentence, although it is not easy to think of such a sentence. It means 'Instead of my being absent ... ' So, how about 'In lieu of my absence, you have my presence!' as a jocular exclamation made by someone who turns up at a meeting for which s/he has previously given an apology for absence.
Many frontier lawyers in 18th century America elected to read the law, an apprenticeship of sorts, in lieu of attending college.
You can use "in lieu of" as a substitute for "for."
The noun lieu is uncountable. The plural form of lieu is also lieu.
I have seen this done where a full mat was replaced in lieu of fibermesh. It is dependent on the intended use of the area where the slab is and ultimately if it is acceptable by the engineer of record for the project.
That is the correct spelling of "lieu" -- used in the phrase "in lieu of" meaning "instead of."
deed in lieu after foreclosure?