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• in-kind
  in-kind

  adjective

  paid or given in goods, commodities, or services instead of money.
• in kind
  in kind

  With produce or commodities rather than money. For example, I edited Bob's book for payment in kind; he gave me voice lessons in exchange . [c. 1600]

in-kind

American  

[in-kahynd] / ˈɪnˌkaɪnd /

adjective

1. paid or given in goods, commodities, or services instead of money.

   in-kind welfare programs.

2. paying or returning something of the same kind as that received or offered.

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in kind Idioms  

1. With produce or commodities rather than money. For example, I edited Bob's book for payment in kind; he gave me voice lessons in exchange . [c. 1600]

2. In the same manner or with an equivalent, as in He returned the insult in kind . [Early 1700s]

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OFAC's alert said payments could involve cash as well as "digital assets, offsets, informal swaps, or other in-kind payments," including charitable donations and payments at Iranian embassies.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

The group estimated in the internal budget documents it was taking in about $215 million in in-kind donations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

To fully avoid triggering rules about in-kind support and maintenance, your son’s rent must be at or near fair market value.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026

Because the client isn’t worried about hitting the estate-tax exemption ceiling, he used an in-kind distribution, bringing the Apple stock back to his estate and put in $1 million of another asset.

From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026

“With all concert operational costs being privately funded, with additional pro bono and in-kind support,100% of the monies raised are being directed to frontline organizations helping survivors recover and rebuild,” the report said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025

Former ministers point out that the quid pro quo of redeploying the pension cash savings towards an in kind care service could shift the argument.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The second person takes the shares out in kind and elects net unrealized appreciation treatment.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The option, known as payment in kind, or PIK, is losing popularity as a sweetener in the private-credit industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Just as upsetting to Adel: When he tells Fatima that he loves her, she doesn’t respond in kind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

He and the president have repeated this scene hundreds of times, with Lincoln responding in kind.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

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