Sekirov Dictionary

in kind

adverb 2
prepositional phrase 1
in-kind adjective 1

adverb2

In a reciprocal manner; in a similar way; in the same kind.
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With 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.

prepositional phrase1

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In the form of goods and services rather than money.
- 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.
- How much did he give? – Hard to say. It was all in kind.

in-kind adjective1

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consisting 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.
- 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.

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