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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Upside \Up"side'\, noun
1. The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
2. the benefits; the positive features; -- said of a situation or event that has both positive (good) and negative (bad) aspects. [PJC]
{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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
upside
noun: the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted" [syn: {top}, {top side}, {upper side}]
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