incoming

[in-kuhm-ing]

in·com·ing

[in-kuhm-ing]
adjective
1.
coming in; arriving: the incoming tide.
2.
newly arrived or received: incoming mail; incoming orders.
3.
succeeding, as an officeholder: the incoming mayor.
4.
accruing, as profit.
5.
entering, beginning, etc.: all incoming students.
EXPAND
6.
Chiefly British. immigrant.
7.
Scot. ensuing.
COLLAPSE
noun
8.
the act of coming in; arrival; advent: the incoming of spring.
9.
Usually, incomings. funds received; revenue.

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Incoming is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English; see in, coming
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incoming (ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ)
 
adj
1.  coming in; entering
2.  about to come into office; succeeding
3.  (of interest, dividends, etc) being received; accruing
 
n
4.  the act of coming in; entrance
5.  (usually plural) income or revenue

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