UPSHOT

upshot. Upshot, n. a conclusion, end, event, amount, total

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Up″shot′ (?), n. [[Up + shot, equivalent to scot share, reckoning. Cf. the phrase to cast up an account.]] Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation. I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot. Shak. We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. De Quincey.