Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - going

~1 n 1 »LEAVING« the act of leaving a place  (His going will be no great loss to the company.) 2 »SPEED« the speed at which you travel or work  (We climbed the mountain in three hours, which wasn't bad going. | hard/rough/slow going)  (I'm getting the work done, but it's slow going.) 3 heavy going if a book, play etc is heavy going, it is boring and difficult to understand 4 while the going's good especially BrE before someone stops you from doing what you want  (Let's get out while the going's good.) 5 »GROUND« the condition of the ground, especially for a horse race  (- see also comings and goings coming1 (2)) ~2 adj 1 informal available  (Are there any jobs going where you work?) 2 the biggest/best/nicest ... going the biggest, best etc of a particular thing  (Jim's the biggest fool going.) 3 the going rate the usual cost of a service or job  (-15 per hour is the going rate for tuition.) 4 have a lot going for you/not have much going for you to have or not have many advantages and good qualities that will bring success  (Stop being so depressed. You have a lot going for you.) 5 a going concern a business which is making a profit and is expected to continue to do so