expend, rent-free, in lieu of

Salvation Army is a residential real estate powerhouse

The charity, known for its image of sacrifice, owns houses in the U.S. with a total value of about $4 billion as of 2008. The homes are provided to officers rent-free in lieu of higher pay, it says.


lust care expended plants

expend
(ĭk-spĕnd') 
tr.v., -pend·ed, -pend·ing, -pends.

1. To lay out; spend: expending tax revenues on government operations. See synonyms at spend.
2. To use up; consume: "Every effort seemed to expend her spirit's force" (George Meredith).

[Middle English expenden, from Latin expendere, to pay out : ex-, ex- + pendere, to weigh.]

lieu
n. Archaic
Place; stead.

idiom:
in lieu of

1. In place of; instead of.

[French, from Old French, from Latin locus.]