From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpayment in kindpayment in kindBPAY FORa way of paying for something with goods or services instead of money → payment
Examples from the Corpus
payment in kind• Complaints about payment in kind or in truck were persistent in many parts of the country.• The advantage of payment in kind becomes obvious.• Secondly, it is often argued that farm workers are compensated for their low wages by a cornucopia of payments in kind.• Self-sufficiency, payment in kind and living-in service were all shrinking. 