Downside

//ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in England:; A southern suburb of Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0320).
  2. 2
    A number of places in England:; A suburb of Eastbourne, East Sussex (OS grid ref TV5999).
  3. 3
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Chilcompton parish, Somerset, previously in Mendip district, near Downside Abbey and Downside School (OS grid ref ST6450).
  4. 4
    A number of places in England:; A small village in Shepton Mallet parish, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST6244).
  5. 5
    A number of places in England:; A small village in Backwell parish and Wrington parish, North Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4966).
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  1. 6
    A number of places in England:; A small village in Elmbridge borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ1158).
  2. 7
    A rural community of the City of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous.

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

  2. 2
    a negative aspect of something that is generally positive wordnet
  3. 3
    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."

  4. 4
    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, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Compound of down + side.

Etymology 2

From down (a hill) + side.

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