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Idiom: In Kind

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Meanings

Calque of Latin in specie.[1]

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In the form of goods and services rather than money.

Example: "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."

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

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

With goods or services (as opposed to cash).

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

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

Example Sentences

1
He repaid the favor by helping me move in kind.
2
She didn't have the money to donate, so she gave her time in kind.
3
The company compensated its employees in kind by offering them shares in the business.
4
They expressed their gratitude in kind by sending a thoughtful thank-you note.
5
He returned the insult in kind, escalating the argument.

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