dictionary definitions for "incoming"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incoming \In"com`ing\, n.
     1. The act of coming in; arrival.
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              The incomings and outgoings of the trains.
                                                    --Dickens.
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     2. Income; gain. [R.]
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              Many incomings are subject to great fluctuations.
                                                    --Tooke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incoming \In"com`ing\, a.
     1. Coming in; accruing.
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              A full incoming profit on the product of his labor.
                                                    --Burke.
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     2. Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or
        possessor; as, in incoming tenant.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  incoming
      adj 1: arriving at a place or position; "incoming class";
             "incoming mail" [ant: outgoing]
      2: entering upon a position of office vacated by another; "the
         incoming president" [ant: outgoing]
      n 1: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn:
           entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming]


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