Meanings
Calque of Latin in specie.[1]
How to pronounce "in kind":
In the form of goods and services rather than money.
Example: "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."
Example: "How much did he give? – Hard to say. It was all in kind."
Example: "The pay is OK, but the real attraction is all the benefits in kind."
With goods or services (as opposed to cash).
Example: "I made some donations to the charity, not in money, but in kind, such as non-perishable food."
In a reciprocal manner; in a similar way; in the same kind.
