Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Upshot \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.

Source : WordNet®

upshot
     n : a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous
         phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod
         was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing
         consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the
         event" [syn: {consequence}, {effect}, {outcome}, {result},
          {event}, {issue}]