incoming Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of entering
    entry; entrance; ingress; entering.
    • she made a grand entrance
  2. adjective arriving at a place or position
    • incoming class
    • incoming mail
  3. adjective entering upon a position of office vacated by another
    • the incoming president

WordNet

In"com`ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Coming in; accruing.
    A full incoming profit on the product of his labor. Burke.
  2. Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or possessor; as, in incoming tenant.
In"com`ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of coming in; arrival.
    The incomings and outgoings of the trains. Dickens.
  2. Income; gain. R.
    Many incomings are subject to great fluctuations. Tooke.

Webster 1913