upshot(the final or eventual outcome or conclusion of a discussion, action, or series of events. the upshot of the meeting was that he was on the next plane to New York. NOED. Provided it is sustained, a falling oil price will boost global growth. Andrew Kenningham at Capital Economics estimates that if the cost of Brent crude settles at $85 a barrel, the upshot will be a transfer of income from producers of oil to consumers of oil amounting to 0.9% of global GDP. TG Alexander Demidov)
