outgoing

[ out-goh-ing or for 5, -goh- ]

/ ˈaʊtˌgoʊ ɪŋ or for 5, -ˈgoʊ- /

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adjective

going out; departing: outgoing trains.

leaving or retiring from a position or office: A farewell party was given for the outgoing members of the board of directors.

addressed and ready for posting: outgoing mail.

of or relating to food prepared for delivery or consumption off the premises: outgoing orders at the pizza parlor.

interested in and responsive to others; friendly; sociable: an outgoing personality.

noun

Usually outgoings. Chiefly British. expenses; money expended.

the act of going out: The ship's outgoing proved more difficult than its incoming.

something that goes out; effluence: an outgoing measured in kilowatt hours.

Origin of outgoing

1300–50; Middle English (gerund); see out-, going

Words nearby outgoing

outfrown, outgas, outgeneral, outgiving, outgo, outgoing, outgoings, outgrow, outgrowth, outguess, outgun

Example sentences from the Web for outgoings

Above all, the income which provides for these outgoings stops the moment he himself stops working.

The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors |George Bernard Shaw
All my own speculative incomings and outgoings—how futile they seemed compared with this!

Adventures In Friendship |David Grayson
Is it the greater freedom one feels in a foreign country where no Evening Transcript takes note of one's outgoings and incomings?

Louise Chandler Moulton |Lilian Whiting
But the powers that control our outgoings and incomings thought otherwise.

Cavalry of the Clouds |Alan Bott

It is forest, hew it down, and the outgoings shall belong to thee.

The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) |Max Duncker

British Dictionary definitions for outgoings (1 of 2)

outgoings

/ (ˈaʊtˌɡəʊɪŋz) /

pl n

expenditure

British Dictionary definitions for outgoings (2 of 2)

outgoing

/ (ˈaʊtˌɡəʊɪŋ) /

adjective

departing; leaving

leaving or retiring from office the outgoing chairman

friendly and sociable

noun

the act of going out

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adjective

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outgoing

adjective

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for outgoings (1 of 2)