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in-kind

in-kind adjective: consisting of goods or commodities (as opposed to money).

Adjective

in-kind (not comparable)

  1. (payment or gift) 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.
    Synonyms:
    non-monetary

in-kind meaning in Hindi and Arabic

in-kind in Hindi

consisting of goods or commodities
वस्तू रूप में vastū rūp mẽ

in-kind in Arabic

consisting of goods or commodities
عَيْنِيّ ʕayniyy

Synonyms of in-kind

Origin of in-kind

From in + kind, a calque of Latin in specie.

Questions about in-kind

What does in-kind mean?
In-kind means consisting of goods or commodities (as opposed to money).
What is in-kind in Hindi?
In-kind in Hindi is वस्तू रूप में (vastū rūp mẽ). See In-kind meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is in-kind?
In-kind is an adjective.

Words near in-kind in the dictionary

  1. in-house
  2. in-joke
  3. in-jokes
  4. in-jokey
  5. in-joky
  6. in-kind
  7. in-lamb
  8. in-law
  9. in-law suite
  10. in-law suites
  11. in-law unit

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