/owt"goh'ing/ or, for 5, /-goh"-/ , adj.
1. going out; departing: outgoing trains.
2. leaving or retiring from a position or office: A farewell party was given for the outgoing members of the board of directors.
3. addressed and ready for posting: outgoing mail.
4. of or pertaining to food prepared for delivery or consumption off the premises: outgoing orders at the pizza parlor.
5. interested in and responsive to others; friendly; sociable: an outgoing personality.
n.
6. Usually, outgoings . Chiefly Brit. expenses; money expended.
7. the act of going out: The ship's outgoing proved more difficult than its incoming.
8. something that goes out; effluence: an outgoing measured in kilowatt hours.
[ 1300-50; ME (ger.); see OUT-, GOING ]