Meanings
- not comparablepayment or giftconsisting of goods or commodities (as opposed to money).
I made an in-kind donation to the charity after cleaning out old clothing from my closet.
2 more examples
As a self-funded museum, we only receive in-kind support from the government, which provides us with some documents and articles of historic significance.
Free guarana soda from 2pm on is just one of the many in-kind benefits for employees here.
Synonyms: non-monetary
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveconsisting of goods or commodities (as opposed to money).
Origin
- Latinin specie
- Englishin-kind
From in + kind, a calque of Latin in specie.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic عَيْنِيّ
- عَيْنِيّ (ʕayniyy)consisting of goods or commodities
Finnish luonnossa
- luonnossaconsisting of goods or commodities
French en nature
- en natureconsisting of goods or commodities
German compose with Sache, e. g. Sacheinlage
- compose with Sacheconsisting of goods or commodities
- e. g. Sacheinlageconsisting of goods or commodities
Hebrew שווה כסף
- שווה כסף (shve késef)consisting of goods or commodities
Hindi वस्तू रूप में
- वस्तू रूप में (vastū rūp mẽ)consisting of goods or commodities
Polish rzeczowy, w drodze aportu
- rzeczowyconsisting of goods or commodities
- w drodze aportuconsisting of goods or commodities
Russian нату́рой, неде́нежный
- нату́рой (natúroj)consisting of goods or commodities
- неде́нежный (nedénežnyj)consisting of goods or commodities
- иму́щественный (imúščestvennyj)consisting of goods or commodities
Spanish en especie
- en especieconsisting of goods or commodities
Swedish natura
- naturaconsisting of goods or commodities
Turkish aynı
- aynıconsisting of goods or commodities
Cite this entry
in-kind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in-kind
“in-kind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in-kind. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in-kind,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in-kind.
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