Word: lieu
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Before figuring its net it has duly paid the city $1,181,000 in lieu of taxes...
...delegates gathered, as Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles (sent in lieu of his chief, Cordell Hull, so that the smaller countries would not feel dominated) began issuing statements, as President Juan Demosthenes Arosemena of Panama polished up a speech of welcome, the U. S. got busy backstage. Casually, as if its perfect timing were just a happy coincidence, the New York World's Fair put on a Pan American Day, at which, by chance, Cordell Hull was scheduled to speak. In the Fair's Court of Peace, Secretary of State Hull gave a quiet, drawling speech...
...German Government laid itself open to questions by registering an issue of $70,000,000 of 3% bonds. These were not to be sold in the U. S.-they could not be. They were to be offered in lieu of interest for the years 1937-40 to U. S. holders of $250,000,000 of German bonds. As if the Nazi Government were a deceptive promoter, SEC cracked down with the threat of a stop-order, set August 15 for public hearings...
...lieu of taxes TVA pays the States in its area 5 % of gross receipts from power sales...
...blue stamps. After the first rush, stamp sales noticeably slackened, and Relief officials concluded that many of their clients would require much "education" before they would give up regular money for pretty pieces of paper. One in four of Rochester's WPAsters volunteered to accept stamps in lieu of part of their next paycheck...