Welche Bedeutung steckt hinter der hier vorgestellten Vokabel aus dem Bereich Meetings?

'What happened in the meeting? You were in there for three hours!' 'Well, there was a lot to discuss, but the upshot of it is that we're going to have to close one of our factories.'

the upshot

Do you know what it means?

• the outcome
• the joke
• the risk