finding

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Something that has been found.
2. n. A conclusion reached after examination or investigation: the finding of a grand jury; a coroner's findings.
3. n. A statement or document containing an authoritative decision or conclusion: a presidential finding that authorized the covert operation.
4. n. Small tools and materials used by an artisan: a jeweler's findings.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The act of discovering or ascertaining; discovery.
2. n. That which is found by observation or search; especially, in law, a statement of a conclusion arrived at by the judicial trial of an issue.
3. n. That which is provided for one's support or maintenance; expense.
4. n. plural The tools, appliances, and materials which some workmen have to furnish in their employment, particularly those used by shoemakers; hence, in the United States, shoemakers' supplies in general, excepting leather: as, leather and findings.

Wiktionary

1. n. A result of research or an investigation.
2. n. law A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.
3. n. A self-contained component of assembled jewellery.
4. v. present participle of find.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. That which is found, come upon, or provided; esp. (pl.), that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for himself; as tools, trimmings, etc.
2. n. Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision.
3. n. (Law) The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especially into some matter of fact; a verdict.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
2. n. the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
3. n. something that is found