in kind

Prepositional phrase

1. (usually) 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.

   Antonyms:

   in specie

Adverb

in kind (not comparable)

1. 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.

   Synonyms:

   in trade, take out in trade

2. (idiomatic) In a reciprocal manner; in a similar way; in the same kind.
   • 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.2015 December 5, Alan Smith, “Leicester City back on top as Riyad Mahrez hat-trick downs Swansea City”, in The Guardian (London)
   • Armor-piercing shells were heading up the shell hoists, but this procedure took a few minutes, allowing the battered American flagship to reply in kind, the gunners somewhat motivated to set new records for the rate of fire as the cruiser raked the larger ship from stem to stern in response.2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 17:51 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022

   Synonyms:

   equivalently, reciprocally, similarly