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# Payment in Kind

## Definition

The practice of paying debts, taxes, or revenues with actual goods or services rather than money, representing an intermediate stage between barter systems and fully monetized economies.

## Source Chapter

Book I, Chapter 4

## Context

Smith describes how the ancient Saxon kings received their revenues in kind (victuals and provisions) rather than money, demonstrating the historical evolution of payment systems from direct exchange to monetary transactions.

## Economic Domain

Exchange

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