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Phrase(s): in kind
1. in goods rather than in money. • The country doctor was usually paid in kind. He accepted two pigs as payment for an operation. • Do you have to pay tax on payments made in kind? 2. similarly; [giving] something similar to what was received. • John punched Bill, and Bill gave it back in kind. • She spoke rudely to me, so I spoke to her in kind.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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]
American Heritage Idioms