in-kind

See also: in kind

English

Etymology

From in +‎ kind, a calque of Latin in specie.

Adjective

in-kind (not comparable)

1. (payment or gift) consisting of goods or commodities (as opposed to money).

   Hypernym: moneyless

   I made an in-kind donation to the charity after cleaning out old clothing from my closet.

   As a self-funded museum, we only receive in-kind support from the government, which provides us with some documents and articles of historic significance.

   Free guarana soda from 2pm on is just one of the many in-kind benefits for employees here.

Usage notes

• In the US "in-kind" before a noun is much more common than in kind after.

Synonyms

• non-monetary

Translations

consisting of goods or commodities

• Arabic: عَيْنِيّ (ʕayniyy)
• Finnish: luonnossa (fi)
• French: en nature (fr)
• German: compose with Sache, e. g. Sacheinlage
• Hebrew: שווה כסף m (shve késef)
• Hindi: वस्तू रूप में (vastū rūp mẽ)
• Polish: rzeczowy (pl), w drodze aportu
• Russian: нату́рой (natúroj), неде́нежный (ru) (nedénežnyj), иму́щественный (ru) (imúščestvennyj)
• Spanish: en especie
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: natura (sv)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: aynı (tr)