ingoer

English

Etymology

in +‎ goer.

Noun

ingoer (plural ingoers)

  1. One who or that which goes in, an incomer (as observed from an external or objective viewpoint).
    • 1907, The Surveyors' Institution, Transactions, Volume 40, page 73,
      […] I should, if acting for the ingoer, claim a deduction of 25 per cent. from the table figures.
    • 1920, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Professional Notes, Volume 26, page 175,
      In some cases the off-going crop belongs to the outgoer and the ingoer has to harvest and thrash, receiving the straw free for his labour, but the more common custom in a Lady Day tenancy is that the outgoer is paid the value of tillages and seed, and the crop belongs to the incomer.
    • 1982, Charlotte MacLeod, Wrack and Rune, page 96,
      Shandy joined the ingoers and found out why.

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