▪ I. incoming, vbl. n.
(ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ)
[f. in adv. + coming vbl. n.]
1. The action or fact of coming in; entrance; arrival. (Opposed to outgoing.)
| 1382 Wyclif Ecclus. i. 7 The multepliyng of the incomyng of it who vnderstod? c 1400 Three Kings Cologne 51 Þe which is a C dayes iorney bitwix in-comynge and goynge. 1463 Bury Wills (Camden) 22 Liberte of fre owth goyng and in comyng at the gate be the strete syde. 1573 Morton Let. to Killigrew 5 Aug. in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) III. 423 At the incoming of the queen's majesty's forces. 1649 W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 54–5 To regulate them..for close shutting, and suitable opening, to the incomming of the Tide, out-going of the Floods. 1726–31 Tindal Rapin's Hist. Eng. xvii. (1743) II. 72 note, The incoming of others into the Cabinet. 1825 Hone Every-day Bk. I. 491 With the incoming of spring there is an outgoing from town. 1868 Holme Lee B. Godfrey xix. 108 Wardlaw..watched for her in-comings and out-goings. |
† 2. Place of entrance; entrance, entry: = income n.1 2. Obs.
| 1382 Wyclif Ecclus. l. 5 The incomyng of the hous, and of the porche he made large [1388 alargide the entryng of the house]. c 1440 Boctus (Laud MS. 559) lf. 3 b, Hit was right at y⊇ incomyng Of garabys lond. c 1511 1st Eng. Bk. Amer. (Arb.) Introd. 35/2 In the incomynge of euery cyte stande iij crosses. |
† 3. An entrance-fee: = income n.1 3. Obs.
| 1554–9 Watertoune in Songs & Ball. (1860) 10 Be incomings and fynes many tenantes decaye. |
4. Money that comes in, revenue: = income n.1 6. (Usually in pl.)
| 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. iv. 252 Garnard King of Peychtis..bigit a gret hous w{supt} a kirk and gaue it Rentis, and incuming of the nerrest feildis. 1820 Scott Monast. ix, More followers than he can support by honest means, or by his own incomings. 1848 Mill Pol. Econ. Prel. Rem. (1876) 4 Money..a convenient shape in which to receive his incomings of all sorts. 1881 Sat. Rev. 5 Feb. 185/1 The nominal incomings are 900l. |
▪ II. ˈincoming, ppl. a.
[f. in adv. + coming ppl. a.]
That comes in or enters: in the general sense, and with various specific applications; e.g. a. Entering upon a position or office vacated by another, succeeding. b. Coming in from abroad, immigrant. c. Coming in as profit, accruing. d. Of a period of time: About to begin; ensuing (Sc.). e. Of game: approaching the sportsman.
| 1753 Stewart's Trial App. 52 As to the agreement betwixt him and the incoming tenants, when he undertook to be their bouman. 1795 Burke Th. Scarcity Wks. 1842 II. 249 The farmer should have a full incoming profit on the product of his labour. 1808 Jamieson, The incomin ook, the next week. 1862 Ansted Channel Isl. i. iii. (ed. 2) 50 Tracing the in-coming or out-going tide. 1870 Daily News 22 Sept., Pilots, for incoming vessels. 1876 Preece & Sivewright Telegraphy 146 The incoming line wire at a is attached to terminal 1, and the compensating wire to terminal 4. 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-Loader 211 It often happens that incoming and motionless ground game is shot over. Mod. Sc. Plans for the incoming year. |