in-kind

(ĭn'kīnd')
adj.
Given in goods, commodities, or services rather than money: cash and in-kind benefits.

1. Of the same or similar type or quality.

2. In the same or similar manner.

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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Of the same class, category, or species.

A loan is repaid in kind when a substantially similar article is returned by the borrower to the lender.

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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: with something of the same kind
  Synonym: in a similar way

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