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in-kind expenditure
noun1 something of value, other than money, given out by a political committee; examples include sharing an email list of supporters
Daunt’s complaint alleged that the ads should have been treated as an in-kind expenditure on behalf of the Whitmer campaign by Build a Better Michigan.— Detroit News
If a regular voter attended every campaign stop and handed out flyers telling someone to vote for that candidate, the cost of printing would count as an in-kind expenditure.— The Alantic