lieu

Noun
  1. The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another (synset 100722683)
    "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"
    is a type of: function, office, part, role - the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
    subtypes: behalf - as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as `on behalf of' rather than `in behalf of')
    same as: place, position, stead

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