in-kind
Goods, not currency
In-kind describes payment or contribution made in goods or services rather than money.
An in-kind donation to a food bank might be canned goods; in-kind support for a political campaign could be office space or volunteer hours.
The term appears frequently in tax, nonprofit, and legal contexts where distinguishing between cash and non-cash contributions matters.
The company provided in-kind assistance by donating equipment.
Not involving currency
- goodsThings for sale
- contributionsThings given to help
- suppliesResources for a task
- equipmentTools for a task
materials · services · provisions · clothing · food · furniture · medicine · tax-deductible
Shared between two parties
- tradeExchange of commodities
- swapExchange one for another
- quid-pro-quoExchange of equivalents
- mutualityShared dependence or exchange
barter · nonmonetary · equivalent · counterpart · return · compensation · repayment · retaliation
noncash
Not involving currency
- goodsThings for sale
- contributionsThings given to help
- suppliesResources for a task
equipment · materials · services · provisions · clothing · food · furniture · medicine · tax-deductible · valuation
reciprocal
Shared between two parties
- tradeExchange of commodities
- swapExchange one for another
- quid-pro-quoExchange of equivalents
mutuality · barter · nonmonetary · equivalent · counterpart · return · compensation · repayment · retaliation · tit-for-tat
- barterswap, barter, trade, exchange, haggling
- donationsmoney, blood, charitable gift, clothes, gift
- Exchangeexchange, barter, swap, trade-in, trade-off
- campaign financedonations, donation, contributions, contribution, donors
- freebiesfreebie, freebies, samples, giveaways, free
- budget termsbudget, deficit, surplus, spending, revenue