<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>going out; departing: outgoing trains.</li><li>leaving or retiring from a position or office: A farewell party was given for the outgoing members of the board of directors.</li><li>addressed and ready for posting: outgoing mail.</li><li>of or relating to food prepared for delivery or consumption off the premises: outgoing orders at the pizza parlor.</li><li>interested in and responsive to others; friendly; sociable: an outgoing personality.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Usually outgoings. Chiefly British. expenses; money expended.</li><li>the act of going out: The ship's outgoing proved more difficult than its incoming.</li><li>something that goes out; effluence: an outgoing measured in kilowatt hours.</li></ul>