The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outcome \Out"come\, n.
   That which comes out of, or follows from, something else;
   issue; result; consequence; upshot. "The logical outcome."
   --H. Spenser.
   [1913 Webster]

         All true literature, all genuine poetry, is the direct
         outcome, the condensed essence, of actual life and
         thought.                                 --J. C.
                                                  Shairp.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

outcome
    n 1: something that results; "he listened for the results on the
         radio" [syn: result, resultant, final result,
         outcome, termination]
    2: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous
       phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was
       lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for
       business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn:
       consequence, effect, outcome, result, event,
       issue, upshot]

The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

OUTCOME, n.  A particular type of disappointment.  By the kind of
intelligence that sees in an exception a proof of the rule the wisdom
of an act is judged by the outcome, the result.  This is immortal
nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the
doer had when he performed it.