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up⋅side

  [uhp-sahyd]
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–noun
1. the upper side or part.
2. that part of a chart or graph that shows a higher level, esp. in price.
3. an upward trend, as in stock prices.
4. a positive result.
5. an encouraging or positive aspect.
–adjective
6. going higher, esp. in price or worth: This stock has a nice upside potential.
–preposition
7. on or against the side of: Give him a smack upside the head.
—Idiom
8. get upsides with, British. to get even with.
Origin:
1605–15; up- + side 1
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up·side   (ŭp'sīd')   
n.  
  1. The upper side or portion.
  2. An advantageous aspect: the upsides and downsides of home ownership.
  3. An upward tendency, as in business profitability or in the prices of a stock.
prep.   Slang
On: "If you still didn't get it, well, sometimes you have to hit people upside the head ... to get their attention" (Howie Carr).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Upside

Up"side`\, n. The upper side; the part that is uppermost.

To be upsides with, to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. --T. Hughes.

Upside down. [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down, literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. --Shak.

These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. --Acts xvii. 6.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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upside 
1611, "upper side or surface," from up + side. Phrase upside (someone's) head in ref. to a blow to the head is recorded from 1970, U.S. black slang.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Upside

The potential dollar amount by which the market or a stock could rise.

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This is basically an educated guess on how high a stock could go in the near future.

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See also: Bull, Downside, Upside/Downside Ratio

Also spelled: up side, up-side

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upside

In addition to the idiom beginning with upside, also see turn upside down.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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