in kind
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.44 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
In the form of goods and services rather than money.
adv
With goods or services (as opposed to cash).
adv
In a reciprocal manner; in a similar way; in the same kind.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "I made some donations to the charity, not in money, but in kind, such as non-perishable food."
- "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."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
Phrases
benefit in kind
grant-in-kind