incoming

[ in-kuhm-ing ]

/ ˈɪnˌkʌm ɪŋ /

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adjective

coming in; arriving: the incoming tide.

newly arrived or received: incoming mail; incoming orders.

succeeding, as an officeholder: the incoming mayor.

accruing, as profit.

entering, beginning, etc.: all incoming students.

Chiefly British. immigrant.

Scot. ensuing.

noun

the act of coming in; arrival; advent: the incoming of spring.

Usually incomings. funds received; revenue.

Origin of incoming

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at in, coming

Words nearby incoming

income statement, income support, income tax, incomer, incomes policy, incoming, incommensurable, incommensurate, incommode, incommodious, incommodity

Example sentences from the Web for in-coming

He was obliged to pay them according to the custom of the country; but he has got nothing of this sort from his in-coming tenants!

Rural Rides |William Cobbett
A great proportion of the furniture of the old house, including the family portraits, had been purchased by the in-coming owner.

The People Of The Mist |H. Rider Haggard
Coasts are areas of out-going and in-coming maritime influences.

Influences of Geographic Environment |Ellen Churchill Semple
These, of course, joined the in-coming human stream as soon as the race became fully physical.

The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria |W. Scott-Elliot

This railway-station at Milwaukie is one of the great distributing points of the in-coming flood from Northern Europe.

The Great Lone Land |W. F. Butler

British Dictionary definitions for in-coming

incoming

/ (ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ) /

adjective

coming in; entering

about to come into office; succeeding

(of interest, dividends, etc) being received; accruing

noun

the act of coming in; entrance

(usually plural) income or revenue

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incoming

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adjective

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

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incoming

adjective

noun

Origin of incoming

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