in kind
With equivalent goods
In kind describes payment or response using the same form rather than money or something different.
A farmer might pay rent in kind with a portion of the harvest.
More broadly, responding in kind means matching another's action: She insulted him, and he responded in kind.
The phrase often appears in charitable contexts—donations in kind are goods rather than cash.
Voluntary charitable gift
- contributionSomething given to help
- goodsThings for sale
- servicesActs performed for others
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
trade · tangible · merchandise · commodities · products · assets · materials · supplies
Equivalent retaliation strategy
- quid pro quoReciprocal exchange of value
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- reprisalPunitive action in return
reciprocation · counterpart · equivalent · matching · corresponding · proportionate · commensurate · comparable
donation
Voluntary charitable gift
- contributionSomething given to help
- goodsThings for sale
- servicesActs performed for others
barter · trade · tangible · merchandise · commodities · products · assets · materials · supplies · equipment
tit-for-tat
Equivalent retaliation strategy
- quid pro quoReciprocal exchange of value
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
reprisal · reciprocation · counterpart · equivalent · matching · corresponding · proportionate · commensurate · comparable · parallel
- reciprocityreciprocity, likewise, mutual benefit, mutualism, two-way street
- imitationcopy, copycat, imitation, mimicking, replica
in kindcash
Ready spending funds
monetary · cash payment · liquid assets · financially · electronically
in kinddifferently
In another manner
disproportionately · asymmetrically · unequally · contrarily · in contrast
kind, kindly, kindness, unkind, kinship, kindred, kindhearted, kindest, kinder