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[ noun ] the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another

Synonyms

place lieu position

Examples

: "can you go in my stead?" "took his place" "in lieu of"

Used in print

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

These 1750 cases were carted_off in a one night operation by the O_'_Banion men , who left in their stead the same number of barrels filled with water .

(Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)

In his stead is a milquetoast version known_as `` the corporation '' .

Related terms

function behalf

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12512
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