payment in kind

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Idiom 1.3 See also

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[edit] Etymology

Corruption of “payment in kine”, from kine (“‘cattle’”), when cattle were used as payment. Compare in specie.

[edit] Idiom

payment in kind

1. Payment in goods, instead of money.

[edit] See also

• in specie