| 释义 |
in kind1In the same way; with something similar: if he responded positively, they would respond in kind...- Only the possibility that she might be a member of my congregation prevented me from responding in kind.
- He was about to become engaged to a maiden named Luscinda, whom he had loved since childhood and who returned his feelings in kind.
- In kind, I ask him to withdraw and apologise because I do not like his claiming that I am a stooge of anyone else.
2(Of payment) in goods or services as opposed to money.Most transactions between Bell and the company were work for payment in kind rather than for cash....- Some nations responded instantly by pledging emergency aid in money and in kind.
- Muslims are instructed by the Koran to give to the poor in money or in kind on a regular basis.
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