in kind

alternative adjective in-kind

1. usuallyIn the form of goods and services rather than money.

   How much did he give? – Hard to say. It was all in kind.

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   In the era before the widespread monetization of transactions with currency, barter was the usual form of selling and buying for farmers, and payment of taxes was often in kind; that is, farmers' payment method was most often their produce itself.

   The pay is OK, but the real attraction is all the benefits in kind.

   On all articles of import the duties shall be three per cent, payable at the option of the importer, either in kind or money, calculated upon the market value of the goods.

   1856, “Treaty signed April 18, 1855; ratified April 5, 1856”, in Treaty of friendship and commerce between Great Britain and Siam, Bangkok: J. H. Chandler, page 13

   Antonyms: in specie

alternative adjective in-kind

1. not comparableWith goods or services (as opposed to cash).

   I made some donations to the charity, not in money, but in kind, such as non-perishable food.

   Synonyms: in trade, take out in trade

2. idiomaticnot comparableIn a reciprocal manner; in a similar way; in the same kind.

   President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia will respond in kind if European countries start to seize Russian merchant vessels and the commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet said his forces were ready to "inspect and detain" foreign vessels from what he called hostile states.

   2026 August 12, Andrew Osborn, Felix Light, “Putin says Russia will start seizing European vessels if its ships targeted”, in Reuters

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   Vardy drilled over after getting behind Bartley and also hit the side-netting, resulting in the loudest cheer of the day from the Swansea fans after he kicked an advertising board in frustration. He responded in kind by showing them three fingers with one hand and making a zero with the other.

   2015 December 5, Alan Smith, “Leicester City back on top as Riyad Mahrez hat-trick downs Swansea City”, in The Guardian (London)

   Armor-piercing shells were heading up the shell hoists, but this procedure took a few minutes, allowing the battered American flagship to reply in kind, the gunners somewhat motivated to set new records for the rate of fire as the cruiser raked the larger ship from stem to stern in response.

   2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 17:51 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022

   Synonyms: equivalently, reciprocally, similarly