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Vinony

downside

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/

name

Etymology: From down (a hill) + side.

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noun

Etymology: Compound of down + side.

  1. A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.

    “The downside of obtaining a higher rank is that far more work is expected.”

    “Hazardous and nuclear waste came to represent the downside of industrial prosperity.”

  2. A downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc.

    “The strategy is used both to increase the return on the underlying stock and to provide a limited amount of downside protection.”

    “I could go all the way back to 1982 and I'm sure the effects of the expiration will be even more exacerbated on the downside of the spread.”

  3. The side of something that is at the bottom, or that is intended to face downward.

    “An apparatus for heat-treating a flowing fluid, comprising a fluid source; a heat exchange unit provided with a regenerative section, the latter having an upside through which such fluid is caused to flow and a downside through which such fluid is caused to flow subsequent to being heated, said upside and downside being separated from one another by a heat-conductive wall, […]”

    “The buildings on the downside of the station were demolished and new premises of modern design constructed on the new platform.”