D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Upshot

/ŭp'-shätˌ/ · Up·shot · IPA /ˈʌpʃɑt/
01 n. Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.
  1. 1.
    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.