Definition of "in kind" in English

Prepositional phrase

1. 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.
   • The pay is OK, but the real attraction is all the benefits in kind.

Adverb

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.

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