in kind
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
in + kind, a calque of Latin in specie.[1]
[edit] Adjective
in kind (not comparable)
- (usually after the noun) In the form of goods and service rather than money.
- "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.
[edit] Usage notes
- In the US, in-kind before a noun is much more common than in kind after.
[edit] Adverb
in kind (not comparable)
- (paying or giving) 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.
- (idiomatic) In a reciprocal manner; in a similar way; in the same kind.
- I kissed him, and he responded in kind and kissed me back.
[edit] Usage notes
Frequently in the phrase payment in kind.
[edit] Synonyms
- (with goods or service): in trade
- (in a similar way): equivalently, reciprocally, similarly
[edit] Translations
with goods or services
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in a reciprocal manner
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ “kind, n.” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, 1989. (section 15. “in kind”)
