'a going business' definitions:
Definition of 'a going business'
From: GCIDE
- Going \Go"ing\, p. pr. of Go. Specif.: (a) That goes; in existence; available for present use or enjoyment; current; obtainable; also, moving; working; in operation; departing; as, he is of the brightest men going; going prices or rate. (b) Carrying on its ordinary business; conducting business, or carried on, with an indefinite prospect of continuance; -- chiefly used in the phrases
- a going business,
- concern, etc. (c) Of or pertaining to a going business or concern; as, the going value of a company. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Goiter